Behavior change or empowerment: On the ethics of health-promotion strategies

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-153

  Tengland, Per Anders ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPOWERMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORALITY; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 84866598875     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phs022     Document Type: Article

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