Would you be interested in doing a review of this book for Health Pormotion in
Canada?


On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:59:22 -0400 d.raphael wrote:

> From: d.raphael <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:59:22 -0400
> Subject: I've finished another book!
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> David Seedhouse's Health: the Foundation of Achievement
> (1986) ends off where his new book begins.  It is a
> thoughtful examination of various conceptions of health.  It
> previews his latest 1997 book in that he argues that health
> is primarily providing the various foundations of human
> potential: education, choice, meaning, employment, shelter,
> etc.  In this approach he focuses on the prerequsities of
> health (prior to the Ottawa Charter!) and argues that life
> style choices should be relatively minor concerns for health
> workers.
>
> Highly recommended. (I bought my copy in Manchester -- where
> David received his PhD).
>
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> Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor and Acting Director,
> Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
> Department of Public Health Sciences
> Graduate Department of Community Health
> University of Toronto
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