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                Total Health Promotion: Mental Health, Rational Fields and the
Quest for Autonomy
                David Seedhouse
                ISBN: 0-471-49013-X
                Paperback
                170 Pages
                August 2002




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  Table of Contents
       A groundbreaking approach to health promotion theory and practice
       Written by the world's leading philosopher of health
       An exhilarating read

  Physical health is continually affected by the mind. Positive thinking,
learning to deal with anger and malice, and being a part of creative  social
networks can extend life and lessen our chances of becoming ill. But despite
overwhelming scientific evidence that mind and body  are integrally related,
health promotion is split into separate specialisms: mental health promotion,
exercise and nutrition, social health  promotion, health education and many
other categories.

  In this unique and remarkable book David Seedhouse argues that health
promoters must spurn these artificial distinctions. Instead, health  promotion
should aim to enhance the human experience, free from restrictive
classifications and false images.

  Professor Seedhouse develops an exciting and potentially revolutionary health
promotion tool - the rational field. Simple to use (the book  contains a
rational field template that can be applied by any health worker in any setting)
rational fields enable health promoters to plan and act in total honesty, using
whatever methods are best-suited to their quest to create autonomy.

  Seedhouse's argument is straightforward, impressive and written with typical
elegance and clarity