Religion and the health of the public
Subtitle: shifting the paradigm
By: Gary R. Gunderson and Jim R. Cochrane
Contributors: Cochrane, Jim R., 1946-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780230341272
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Medical care; Public health; Religious aspects; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
Description: "The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health. It aims at a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets--widely present in many contexts--and public health services and facilities. The first book of its kind, it contributes to a significant emerging global discourse on the role and place of religion in responding to major public health challenges"--