Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-229) and index.
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Introduction : the diffusion of the health agenda -- Producing the goods : health, welfare and well-being -- Participating in health decisions : patient and community empowerment -- Health promotion in the good society -- The distribution of health and healthcare -- Responsibility for health -- Professional ethics in context -- Managing healthcare : making or breaking healthcare goods? -- The boundaries of professional legitimacy -- Rethinking health education -- Towards a socially reflexive healthcare ethics -- Making the health agenda.
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What is health policy for? In Health and the Good Society, Alan Cribb addresses this question in a way that cuts across disciplinary boundaries. His core argument is that biomedical ethics should draw upon public health values and ethics; specifically, he argues that everybody has some share of responsibility for health, including a responsibility for promoting greater health equality. In the process, Cribb argues for a major rethink of the whole project of health education.