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1. Genetic Governance

   Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era

   Edited by Robin Bunton, Alan Petersen

   Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of...

   Published February 23rd 2005 by Routledge
2. Health Promotion

   Disciplines and Diversity

   Edited by Robin Bunton, Gordon MacDonald, Gordon Macdonald

   Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives. It has come into the public eye as the subject of party politics and policy, but where does the movement come from? This book brings together views from a range of subjects, some not always associated with health...

   Published October 3rd 2003 by Routledge
3. Health Promotion

   Disciplines and Diversity, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Robin Bunton, Gordon MacDonald, Gordon Macdonald

   Health Promotion emerged at the close of the 20th century, unifying diverse fields of study, and at the beginning of this new century has become an essential means of delivering public health. This book provides an introduction to the multidisciplinary roots of health promotion and examines how...

   Published December 4th 2002 by Routledge
4. The New Genetics and The Public's Health

   By Robin Bunton, Alan Petersen

   The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease according to calculations of genetic risk.This book by two well-known sociologists explores the...

   Published December 12th 2001 by Routledge
5. Foucault, Health and Medicine

   Edited by Robin Bunton, Alan Petersen

   The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new lines of enquiry. This book assesses the contribution of Foucault's work to research and thinking...

   Published April 23rd 1997 by Routledge
6. The Sociology of Health Promotion

   Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk

   Edited by Robin Bunton, Roger Burrows, Sarah Nettleton

   Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. The issues examined in The Sociology of Health Promotion include sociology of risk, the...

   Published August 2nd 1995 by Routledge