Full Description
In this book, the authors show that the failure of public health arises, not from a failure of contemporary medicine, but from a failure of the philosophical assumptions upon which it rests. By exposing the limits of this philosophical framework, the authors suggest an alternative approach to health care, one that derives from a profoundly ecological and holistic philosophy of nature. They conclude that the advancement of community health depends on a comprehensive program of health education in which the responsibility for health is inextricably knit with a new consciousness of ecological stewardship. The authors postulate a holistic epistemology in which knowing is directed towards participation with nature rather than separation from it.
Contents
Chapter 1 The epistemological evolution of reductionist medical science
Chapter 2 Scientism and the catastrophe of the mental health system
Chapter 3 Taking our blinkers off: Tapping the potential for health through wholism
Chapter 4 The theory of transformative subjugation and understanding its ramifications for integrated well-being
Chapter 5 From the individual to the social body: Community as good medicine
Chapter 6 People Empowerment: Education for Health vs. Health Education
Chapter 7 The philosophical principles of unfolding consciousness
Chapter 8 The quantum connection: Connection and the new paradigm of health education
