Health Promotion and Professional Ethics
Health promotion is an increasingly important part of the work of
most health professionals. Yet health promotion is qualitatively
different from traditional health care activities.
This book will be a focused introduction to, and exploration of,
ethical issues in health promotion. It aims to provide a rationale
for the underlying value of health promotion and for resolving
value conflicts. To what extent should an individual be obliged to
contribute to the collective health of a society? Should a society
be more concerned to promote health than to treat existing disease
and illness? Indeed can a society be said to have a responsibility
for the health of its members?
The first part of the book addresses the theoretical context of
ethics and health promotion. The second part focuses on examples
relating to nursing and other health professionals, using a case
study approach. The book will be invaluable in helping
professionals understand and respond to ethical challenges in
practical ways.
Chapter 1 Values and Health Promotion: Some Fundamentals.
Chapter 2 The Challenge to Professional Ethics.
Section Two - Values and Ethics in Health Promotion
Practice.
Chapter 3 Empowerment or Control? Behavioural Counselling and
Face-to-Face education.
Chapter 4 Individual or Community Benefit? Considering Teenage
Pregnancy.
Chapter 5 Do We Know What We're Doing? Evidence and the Ethics
of Lifestyle Change.
Chapter 6 Who Decides What to Do? A Food Policy Case.
Section Three - Towards Ethically Defensible Health
Promotion.
Chapter 7 Codes and Guidelines: Can They Help Health
Promotion?.
Chapter 8 Lessons from Applied Ethics.
Chapter 9 Some Resources for the Reflective Health Promoter
justifiable to put pressure on individuals or communities to
improve their health...Their wisdom and sensitivity shine
through. Written for health professionals, the book is vibrant and
has relevance to those in day-to-day practice."
"A gem of a book and compulsory for anyone with an
interest in ethics and health."
Nursing Times