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The new public health: nanny in a new hat?
Author(s) -
Hawks David
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03677.x
Subject(s) - paternalism , possession (linguistics) , public health , moral responsibility , government (linguistics) , political science , criminology , public relations , public administration , law , psychology , medicine , nursing , philosophy , linguistics
It has been suggested that the new public health is but nannyism in a different guise and that its advocates are the equivalents of health fascists. It will be argued that a form of paternalism (or maternalism) has always been inherent in public health and that to treat illness as if it was wholly a personal possession is to abdicate the government's responsibility for ensuring a healthy environment.