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Creative Health and the Principle of Habeas Mentem

Creative Health and the Principle of Habeas Mentem of the American Public Health Association, Inc. Volume 46 February, 1956 Number 2 FILLMORE H. SANFORD, Ph.D. But neither faith nor comfort can prean American citizen from telling his betters exactly how to run their business. During the next few minutes I want to trace out what seems to me some significant long-term trends in our society; then, descending a bit from these clouds, I hope to talk about some general implications for human welfare; and finally, I will put together some hesitant declarative sentences about ways in which the public health profession might, if its pooled wisdom dictates, bring itself to confront what may turn out to be the coming century of the psychological man. My diffidence, which I will try to handle sometimes by apology and sometimes by making statements with spectacular assurance, now leads me to tell vent Many will note and frequently recall this prophetic phrase, "there will be more education and les priestly mandate, more advice and les control, more consultation and less prescription, more facts and fewer arcane pronouncements." My first reaction to the question, "where are we going in public health?," is a feeling of very considerable pride that I, if http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Creative Health and the Principle of Habeas Mentem

American Journal of Public Health , Volume 46 (2) – Feb 1, 1956

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of the American Public Health Association, Inc. Volume 46 February, 1956 Number 2 FILLMORE H. SANFORD, Ph.D. But neither faith nor comfort can prean American citizen from telling his betters exactly how to run their business. During the next few minutes I want to trace out what seems to me some significant long-term trends in our society; then, descending a bit from these clouds, I hope to talk about some general implications for human welfare; and finally, I will put together some hesitant declarative sentences about ways in which the public health profession might, if its pooled wisdom dictates, bring itself to confront what may turn out to be the coming century of the psychological man. My diffidence, which I will try to handle sometimes by apology and sometimes by making statements with spectacular assurance, now leads me to tell vent Many will note and frequently recall this prophetic phrase, "there will be more education and les priestly mandate, more advice and les control, more consultation and less prescription, more facts and fewer arcane pronouncements." My first reaction to the question, "where are we going in public health?," is a feeling of very considerable pride that I, if

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Published: Feb 1, 1956

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