Conceptualising public health : [manuscript] : historical and contemporary struggles over key concepts /
Conceptualising public health : historical and contemporary struggles over key concepts / [manuscript] :
edited by Johannes Kananen, Sophy Bergenheim and Merle Wessel.
- London ;, Routledge, ; c2018.
- xiii, 227 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.
- Routledge studies in public health .
- Routledge studies in public health. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Germanic and Nordic languages, the term for 'public health' literally translates to 'people's health', for example Volksgesundheit in German, folkhl̃sa in Swedish and kansanterveys in Finnish. Covering a period stretching from the late nineteenth century to the present day, this book discusses how understandings and meanings of public health have developed in their political and social context, identifying ruptures and redefinitions in its conceptualisation. It analyses the multifaceted and interactive rhetorical play through which key concepts have been used as political tools, on the one hand, and shaped the understanding and operating environment of public health, on the other. Focusing on the blurred boundaries between the social and the medico-scientific realms, from social hygiene to population policy, Conceptualising Public Health explores the sometimes contradictory and paradoxical normative aims associated with the promotion of public health -- Provided by the publisher.
9781138036833 (hpb) Đ106.16 1138036838
2018275508
GBB828013 bnb
101729099 DNLM 018730966 Uk
Public health--Philosophy.
Public Health--history.
Sociological Factors.
Health Policy--history.
History, 20th Century.
History, 19th Century.
Public health--Philosophy..
ffentliches Gesundheitswesen..
Volksgesundheit..
Begriff..
RA425 / .C7736 2018
362.1
2018 E-556 WA 11.1
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Germanic and Nordic languages, the term for 'public health' literally translates to 'people's health', for example Volksgesundheit in German, folkhl̃sa in Swedish and kansanterveys in Finnish. Covering a period stretching from the late nineteenth century to the present day, this book discusses how understandings and meanings of public health have developed in their political and social context, identifying ruptures and redefinitions in its conceptualisation. It analyses the multifaceted and interactive rhetorical play through which key concepts have been used as political tools, on the one hand, and shaped the understanding and operating environment of public health, on the other. Focusing on the blurred boundaries between the social and the medico-scientific realms, from social hygiene to population policy, Conceptualising Public Health explores the sometimes contradictory and paradoxical normative aims associated with the promotion of public health -- Provided by the publisher.
9781138036833 (hpb) Đ106.16 1138036838
2018275508
GBB828013 bnb
101729099 DNLM 018730966 Uk
Public health--Philosophy.
Public Health--history.
Sociological Factors.
Health Policy--history.
History, 20th Century.
History, 19th Century.
Public health--Philosophy..
ffentliches Gesundheitswesen..
Volksgesundheit..
Begriff..
RA425 / .C7736 2018
362.1
2018 E-556 WA 11.1