Background Receiving adequate support seems to be crucial to the success of self‐
management. Although different empirical studies separately examined patients' …

Despite obesity declared a disease, there still exists considerable weight stigma in both
popular culture and health care, which negatively impacts policy making regarding …

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

A steadily growing number of studies investigate how popular support for social policies
targeting particular groups is rooted in citizens' deservingness opinions. According to theory …

The growing prevalence of NCDs in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is now
recognized as one of the major global health policy issues of the early 21st century. Current …

In this article, we outline a novel approach to understanding the role of responsibility in
health promotion. Efforts to tackle chronic disease have led to an emphasis on personal …

It is unclear whether someone's responsibility for developing a disease or maintaining his or
her health should affect what healthcare he or she receives. While this dispute continues, we …

The Quran is regarded as both the spiritual and behavioral guidance for all Muslims. This
narrative study was designed at examining relevant health-promoting verses in the Quran …

This article considers the role of responsibility in public health promotion. Efforts to tackle
non-communicable diseases which focus on changing individual behaviour and reducing …

Introduction Responsibility is one of the concepts that has been intensively used and
analysed in social sciences during the last three decades. In this chapter, our interest is …