Incisively written, this new edition of a popular guide first published in 1996 slices through the rhetoric of health promotion. Its penetrating analysis quickly reveals health promotion's conceptual roots, providing an enlightening map of their web of theory and practice.

David Seedhouse proves that health promotion, a discipline intended to improve the health of a population, is prejudiced--every plan and every project stems first from human values--and argues that only by acknowledging this will a mature discipline emerge. To help speed progress the author proposes a positive, practical theory of health promotion destined to inspire anyone who wishes to create better health.

This new edition includes three new chapters on conventional health promotion, radical and foundational health promotion and mental health promotion, providing examples of the use of foundational health promotion. This new edition also adds five new teaching exercises, incorporates and updates the guide for teachers and lecturers and includes a new topical case study. This book is laced with entertaining dialogues and readers are encouraged to explore ten carefully presented exercises.

Educational, accessible and intelligent, "Health Promotion: Philosophy, Prejudice and Practice," 2nd Edition is a seminal work which heralds the beginning of the end of health promotion's long adolescence. It is nothing less than essential reading for all practitioners and students of health promotion.

"David Seedhouse is an important thinker whose work has helped to shift the philosophical analysis of health care from a peripheral activity to a prerequisite for competent thinking and responsible practice" Michael Loughlin, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

"Anyone concerned with improving the health of individuals and populations should be required to consider the arguments contained within Health: The Foundations for Achievement." Dennis Raphael, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada

"David Seedhouse's work is immensely valued by practitioners and ethicists. This second edition of his first book analyses health deeply, yet it is immediately accessible to anyone interested in giving or receiving ethical health care." Jenifer Wilson-Barnett, Professor of Nursing, King's College, London, UK

This inspirational book provides the philosophical backbone to countless courses for health professionals. It poses two fundamental questions - "What is health?" and "How can more health be achieved?" - and answers them at a depth unmatched by any other text in this field. David Seedhouse shows that these questions lie at the heart of health practice, and explains why all health workers should ponder them deeply.

This second edition retains the freshness and enthusiasm of the first, while making the foundations theory and its practical applications clearer and more accessible than ever. The book includes additional material and discussion, new case studies and revised illustrations.

• Describes and explores competing theories of health
• Establishes a practical and ethical foundation for health promotion and education
• Explains the foundations theory - a novel and comprehensive way to understand health
• Shows how the foundations theory might be used to create more humane health services

Health:The Foundations for Achievement is a uniquely memorable, emotionally moving book. It is an invaluable resource for medical, nursing and other health students, and should be read and re-read by all health workers, whatever their skills and qualifications.

Health reform has become a permanent feature of public debate. But all trends have their day, and any genuine reform process must come to an end. How will the ' 90s health reforms turn out? Will the public enjoy highly cost-effective health systems offering the best available health benefits? Or are the health reforms bound to fail? To study health reform it is essential to know what is actually happening to and within various health systems, and this volume includes comprehensive articles on health reform in the USA, the UK, Holland, South Africa, New Zealand and Eastern Europe. But to be aware of the facts alone is not enough. Philosophical questions must be addressed if health reform is to be explored in any depth. What, for instance, is health reform? What are-- and what ought to be-- the typical goals of the health reform process? And by what criteria are the success or failure of health reform to be assessed? Reforming Health Care offers the reader a grasp of both the practical detail and the theoretical fundamentals of health reform, and shows that it is only by understanding the logical structure of reform that burgeoning health reform initiatives can be properly managed. This is the seventh in a collection of books written or edited by David Seedhouse, each of which applies philosophical analysis to the everyday problems of health service policy and practice. Each book is of particular relevance to those who work in or are affected by modern health services. All are essential reading for medical and health professionals, nurses, health service researchers and policy-makers, as well as students of health and medical care who wish to explore the philosophical basisof practical health care. Also by David Seedhouse Fortress NHS: A Philosophical Review of the National Health Service 1994 Practical Medical Ethics David Seedhouse and Lisetta Lovett 1992 Liberating Medicine 1991 Changing Ideas in Health Care Edited by David Seedhouse and Alan Cribb 1989 Ethics: The Heart of Health Care 1988 Health: The Foundations for Achievement 1986 Health Care Analysis: Journal of Health Philosophy and Policy Edited by David Seedhouse Published Quarterly

Fortress NHS A Philosophical Review of the National Health Service David Seedhouse University of Auckland, New Zealand and University of Liverpool, UK There are many books on the politics, history and sociology of the NHS which argue that all is not well. These books discuss the enormous complexity of the health service, assess the power of different professions and individuals and address apparently insurmountable administration difficulties. Most conclude by suggesting improvements to the various processes of the NHS, but leave its philosophy intact and unexamined. Fortress NHS takes a different path and reflects deeply upon the purpose of the health service. What inspires the NHS? What is its philosophy? What are its fundamental principles? Why are they so important? And do they hold up to careful scrutiny? This ingenious book tackles each of these questions and in so doing examines the strength of the philosophical foundations of the NHS. Fortress NHS is the sixth in a series of books from David Seedhouse, each of which applies philosophical analysis to the everyday problems of health service policy and practice. They are designed to be of interest to all those interested in health care including medical and health care professionals, health service economists and managers, social scientists, health service researchers, nurses and the informed lay person. Read together, the series constitutes a unique investigation into health care provision and offers numerous concrete proposals for philosophically justified reform. Also by David SeedhousePractical Medical Ethics David Seedhouse and Lisetta LovettMay 1992Liberating Medicine David SeedhouseMarch 1991Changing Ideas in Health CareDavid Seedhouse and Alan CribbJune 1989Ethics: The Heart of Health Care David SeedhouseJuly 1988Health: The Foundations for Achievement David SeedhouseSeptember 1986

David Seedhouse's latest book proposes a Universal Ethical Code - ethical guidance many nurse theorists have previously thought impossible.

"This is an informed, clear and concise book that addresses the complex philosophical underpinnings of nursing practice. For many students and practising nurses this easy-to-read and thought-provoking text will prove invaluable in helping them understand the very nature of nursing and the work that nurses do."—Leslie Gelling, BSc(Hons) MA RGN, Research Nurse, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, UK.

"The text is an admirable feat in the difficult task of combining theory and practice: David Seedhouse has worked them into a seamless coherent whole which culminates in a practical code of ethics for nurses."—Leila Shotton, RN PhD, Lecturer in Nursing Ethics, University of Tasmania, Australia.

"The reader is helped in a clear and direct way, using philosophical analysis, to understand the concepts that underpin practice."—Kevin J Power, MA BA (Hons) RSCN RGN DipN Cert ED, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montford University, Leicester, UK

"This book, bold in scope, represents a return to the pursuit of comprehensive nursing theory."—Douglas Olsen, RN PhD, Yale University, USA

Nursing ideals and analytical philosophy rarely overlap. As a result, existing nursing codes fail to define key terms clearly enough to enable nurses to apply them. David Seedhouse tackles this problem by looking at nine key concept, explains their meaning and shows how they can be applied in everyday situations. The result is a precise yet compassionate framework which enables nurses to reflect deeply about the importance of their work, and can suipport them as they strive to make ethically sound decisions.

• Provides a practical approach to traditionally intangible health care issues
• Includes an array of accessible case studies and diagrams
• Offers sensible strategies for nurses to implement philisophical insights in their daily care

Any nurse, or other health care worker, who has wondered how best to apply key words such as 'care', 'dignity' and 'ethics' in everyday situations will find this practical and informed clarification indispensible.

"Ethics: The Heart of Health Care" -- a classic ethics text in medical, health and nursing studies -- is recommended around the globe for its straightforward introduction to ethical analysis. In this Third Edition David Seedhouse again demonstrates tangibly and graphically how ethics and health care are inextricably bound together, and creates a firm theoretical basis for practical decision-making. He not only clarifies ethics but, with the aid of the acclaimed Ethical Grid, teaches an essential practical skill which can be productively applied in day-to-day health care.

Completely revised and updated, this Third Edition presents an expanded theory of ethics section, and includes comprehensive and contemporary examples and case studies. Newly covered are introductions to rights in health care ethics, the ethics of care, intuitionism, privacy, euthanasia, suicide and consent, and an extensive FAQ section is added.