TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Kananen,Johannes
AU  - Bergenheim,Sophy
AU  - Wessel,Merle
TI  - Conceptualising public health: historical and contemporary struggles over key concepts 
SN  - 9781138036833 (hpb)
AV  - RA425 .C7736 2018
U1  - 362.1 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Public health
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Public Health
KW  - history
KW  - Sociological Factors
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - History, 19th Century
KW  - fast
KW  - ffentliches Gesundheitswesen
KW  - gnd
KW  - Volksgesundheit
KW  - Begriff
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In Germanic and Nordic languages, the term for 'public health' literally translates to 'people's health', for example Volksgesundheit in German, folkhl̃sa in Swedish and kansanterveys in Finnish. Covering a period stretching from the late nineteenth century to the present day, this book discusses how understandings and meanings of public health have developed in their political and social context, identifying ruptures and redefinitions in its conceptualisation. It analyses the multifaceted and interactive rhetorical play through which key concepts have been used as political tools, on the one hand, and shaped the understanding and operating environment of public health, on the other. Focusing on the blurred boundaries between the social and the medico-scientific realms, from social hygiene to population policy, Conceptualising Public Health explores the sometimes contradictory and paradoxical normative aims associated with the promotion of public health -- Provided by the publisher
ER  -