Promoting Healthy Behavior: How Much Freedom? Whose Resposibility? Contributor(s): Callahan, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0878408533 ISBN-13: 9780878408535 Publisher: Georgetown University Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: The government, the media, HMOs, and individual Americans have all embraced programs to promote disease prevention. Yet obesity is up, excersize is down, teenagers continue to smoke, and sexually transmitted disease is rampant. Why? These intriguing essays examine the ethical an social problems that create subtle obstacles to changing American's unhealthy behavior. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Medical | Essays |
Dewey: 613 |
LCCN: 99038856 |
Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.1" W x 9.04" (0.81 lbs) 192 pages |