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available from Amazon.ca or amazon.com
dennis
Total Health Promotion: Mental Health, Rational Fields and the
Quest for Autonomy
David Seedhouse
ISBN: 0-471-49013-X
Paperback
170 Pages
August 2002
£19.99 / €33.00 Add to Cart
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
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