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Conceptualising public health : historical and contemporary struggles over key concepts

Kananen, Johannes, editor, Bergenheim, Sophy, editor, Wessel, Merle, editor

Overview

In Germanic and Nordic languages, the term for 'public health' literally translates to 'people's health', for example Volksgesundheit in German, folkhälsa 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.

• Publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Public health Philosophy. / Public Health history. / Sociological Factors. / Health Policy history. / History, 20th Century. / History, 19th Century. / Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen. / Volksgesundheit. / Begriff.
• ISBN: 9781138036833, 1138036838

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