Ethics for Health Promotion and Health Education (EPUB)

Ethics for Health Promotion and Health Education discusses ethical principles and interpretations by classical ethicists as they apply to health promotion and health education. The book unpacks ethical expectations in promoting and teaching health in both the classroom and as a researcher or practitioner and then applies the code of ethics using case study methods throughout. This informative text was written by health educators and practitioners to assist health educator and practitioner communities.

• Reviews comprehensive ethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, maleficence and justice)
• Provides the reader targeted applications of ethics to health education and health promotion following the CNHEO revised code of ethics for health education specialists
• Presents practice and application at the end of each chapter to challenge ethical thinking related to health education and promotion