1st Edition
Philosophical Foundations of Health Education
246 Pages
by
Routledge India
246 Pages
by
Routledge India
246 Pages
by
Routledge India
Also available as eBook on:
First published in 1990 Philosophical Foundations of Health Education analyses the dogmatism of conventional medicine as a form of scientism and tries to determine the extent to which the state of health education has been perverted by an uncritical acceptance of these dogmas. It discusses themes like the genesis of reductionist medical science; scientism in medicine and the crisis in health... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Genesis of Reductionist Medical Science 2. Scientism in Medicine and the Crisis in Health Care 3. Integrating the Philosophical Foundations of Holistic Health Education 4. Towards a Holistic Understanding of Health and Disease 5. Prerequisites for Health 6. The Evolution of Primary Health Care 7. Health Education and the Demystification of Medicine 8. Conscientization and Health for All Notes Index
Biography
Ronald S. Laura and Sandra Heaney
