A01=Amy Chapman
A01=Ronald S. Laura
A02=Mark Hinchey
Author_Amy Chapman
Author_Mark Hinchey
Author_Ronald S. Laura
Category=JNA
Category=QDTM
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Product details
- ISBN 9780761845560
- Weight: 354g
- Dimensions: 156 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2009
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this book, the authors show that the failure of public health arises, not from a failure of contemporary medicine, but from a failure of the philosophical assumptions upon which it rests. By exposing the limits of this philosophical framework, the authors suggest an alternative approach to health care, one that derives from a profoundly ecological and holistic philosophy of nature. They conclude that the advancement of community health depends on a comprehensive program of health education in which the responsibility for health is inextricably knit with a new consciousness of ecological stewardship. The authors postulate a holistic epistemology in which knowing is directed towards participation with nature rather than separation from it.
Ronald S. Laura, Ph.D., is professor of education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is the author of thirty books and hundreds of scholarly articles. Amy Chapman is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Newcastle and is a tutor and researcher.
