1st Edition
Towards a New Science of Health
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
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The foundations of health sciences need rethinking. The mechanistic biomedical model, apparently so successful in the past, is now criticised for failing to explain what health is and how it can be preserved. The world's major health problems no longer seem so controllable. A new science of health is needed, a radical spirit of inquiry which draws on a broad knowledge base and a variety of... Read more
E. Gopel, D.K. Callebaut, R.Rijke, P.Mielants and P.Rijanders, J.U. Niehoff and F. Schneider, M. De Vries, L. Reijnders, J.W. Salmon, J.W. Ratcliffe, D. Canter and L. Nanke, J. Leeber and J. Vansteenkiste
Biography
Stephen Fulder, Robert Lafaille
`The arguments are scholarly and presented with conviction and not a little passion. It makes thought-provoking reading and, in spite of its imbalances, I recommend it to established and aspiring health scientists of all complexions.' - Health Psychology Update
` ... makes a major contribution to such a self-reflective perspective. Reading this book is thus an enormous stimulous see outside the narrow vision of a single discipline and to the potential of a truely multi-perspective understanding.' - Complimentary Therapies in Medicine
