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Chapter 4: Ethics, risk and health promotion

Chapter 4: Ethics, risk and health promotion

pp. 81-105

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This chapter considers basic concepts in ethics, ethical decision making and risk perception in relation to health promotion. It discusses the relation of ethics to morals and law, and presents a range of ethical perspectives and decision-making shortcuts applicable in health promotion, before considering how risk perception is important in health and risk-related communication. The chapter discusses examples of codes of ethics in the health promotion industry, noting that these need to be flexible, transparent and reflective.

Keywords

  • health promotion
  • health communication
  • ethical health promotion
  • understanding risk
  • health promotion guidelines
  • ethical decision-making
  • ethical perspectives
  • codes of ethics

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