HSCI 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: The Takeaway, Health Professional
12 Sep 2016
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Good health is more than just the absence of illness and disease. Sickness and illness is not the same thing. Illness is subjective to psychosocial phenomenon of not feeling well" while sickness includes the experience of not feeling well" and the presence of disease. The aspect of wellness is the capability of the individual to meet the demands of everyday life. It includes the social aspect as well as the ability to do physical actions. Optimum capacity: an individual"s ability to fulfill personal goals and to perform socially defined roles in ways that meets cultural expectations. Health is more than just lack of diseases since chicken pox are accepted as part of normal health" of people during their childhood, and thus, chicken pox in retrospect is considered normal. Health status designation: the process of living and adapting to the changing demands of life. The process of health status designation begins with the individual becoming aware they are not feeling well.
