Promoting Human Wellness

Download or read book Promoting Human Wellness written by Margaret Schneider Jamner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This very important work calls for research and policy-making that is proactive, multi-level, multi-method, and interdisciplinary--not disease-driven. It synthesizes perspectives on wellness that have the potential to produce a paradigm shift in research and policy planning, implementation, and evaluation." — Lené Levy-Storms, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine/Geriatrics "[This book] helps broaden the field of inquiry and legitimates the social and political perspectives in health care research and planning." —Ellen R. Shaffer, University of California, San Francisco, Program in Medical Ethics