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Health Promotion and Public Health -- Epidemiological Tools for Health Promotion -- Understanding Health and Illness Behaviours -- Health Promotion through the Lifespan -- One-to-One Communication -- Health Promotion with Groups -- Mass Media -- Print Media -- Electronic Media and the Internet -- Advocacy -- Community Settings -- Health Facility Settings -- The Workplace Setting -- Settings Used by Children and Young People -- Institutional Settings -- Planning and Management of Health Promotion -- Evaluation and Reflection.

"This book offers many perspectives on the institutional, economic and social impacts of globalization and the result of the liberalization processes in the world, specifically evaluating the economic affects on institutions, cultures, social life and national and international politics"--

"The academic study of rumor as a phenomenon began in the early 20th century among psychologists, notably Louis William Stern in Hamburg, who conducted experiments on how the content of information was altered in the process of passing between individuals. However, it became a topic for historical study only as attention shifted towards examining the conduct of "crowds," the "masses," or the emergence of public opinion. The most important studies of rumor thus appeared in France, where the "crowd" had become a central topic in sociology in the late nineteenth century. Here the study of rumors focused on their contents and significance, specifically on how rumors revealed the fears, hopes, resentments, and other passions of the lower strata who did not otherwise figure in the historical record, notably peasants and urban workers"--

"Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is legal in nine US states and the District of Columbia. It is not without controversy, even in those states in which PAS laws have been passed. Proponents believe that it's a matter of liberty, that the terminally ill have the right to choose how their lives will end. Opponents argue that such laws make the terminally ill vulnerable to medical errors and abuse, and that in effect they devalue life. The viewpoints in this volume examine physician-assisted suicide from many angles, providing readers with a comprehensive approach to a challenging topic"--