The pedagogy of disgust: the ethical, moral and political implications of using disgust in public health campaigns

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-14

  Lupton, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

health campaigns; politics; sociology of health

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; DISGUST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; ETHICS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; MORALITY; NOTE; PEDAGOGICS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING REGULATION;

EID: 84920511295     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.885115     Document Type: Note

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