Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transforming health promotion practice: moving toward holistic care / Lynne E. Young -- Health promotion: historical, philosophical, and theoretical perspectives / Marjorie A. MacDonald -- Beyond interpersonal communication: the significance of relationship in health promoting practice / Gwen Hartrick -- Health promoting interactions: insights from the chronic illness experience / Sally E. Thorne -- Listening to multiple voices: public participation in health care decision making / Rosalie C. Starzomski -- Emancipatory politics and health promotion practice: the health professional as social activist / Madine VanderPlaat -- Transformational leadership for a health promotion practice / Gail Cameron -- Nurses influencing health care policy: international perspectives / Nora B. Whyte --

Self-care: re-examining the myth / Deborah Thoun Northrup -- Health promotion, moral harm, and the moral aims of nursing / Joan Liaschenko -- Defining and managing health risk: snapshots of women's strategies across the lifespan / Margaret H. Kearney -- Mental health promotion / Catherine Willinsky and Bonnie Pape -- Nursing support with family members of the critically ill: a framework to guide practice / Virginia A. Vandall-Walker -- Governing the health of populations: conversations in the clinic / Mary Ellen Purkis -- Human Genome Project: implications for nursing practice / Cindy L. Munro -- What is quality care? A hospital health promotion perspective / Alex Berland and Lynne E. Young --

Perspectives on learning and practicing health promotion in hospitals: nursing students' stories / Marcia D. Hills -- Medication-based stress reduction: holistic practice in nursing education / Anne Bruce, Lynne E. Young, Linda Turner, Rena can der Wal, and Wolfgang Linden -- Midlife women's empowerment process within a group / Elizabeth Banister -- Family health promotion within the demands of pediatric home care and nursing respite / Virginia E. Hayes and Pamela McElheran -- Promoting health through participatory action research: lessons learned from "STEPS" (Study of Environments that Promote Safety) / Elaine M. Gallagher, Elizabeth Lindsey, and Victoria J. Scott -- More than just questions! Implementation and evaluation of an arthritis self-management program in aboriginal communities / Patrick McGowan -- Enhancing nursing health promotion through cooperative inquiry / Marcia D. Hills and Jennifer Mullett -- Transforming practice, dodging false dichotomies, and avoiding ideological quicksand / Lawrence W. Green and Mark Daniel.