HSCI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medical Dictionary, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Phlegm
26 Jan 2016
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Health illness; illness as deviation from normality. The idea that the natural state of the body is order and body will heal itself (capacity to sustain equilibrium) First nations, african, indian, chinese systems of medicine. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The normal physical state, or the state of being whole and free from physical and mental disease or pain, so that the parts of the body can carry on their proper function. A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities . Health status: characteristic of being healthy/unhealthy; longer term attribute. Key points: overlapping domains of health, illness and disease. Extent of overlap depends on definitions of health, illness and disease. It is important to consider who is defining health, for what reason, in what cultural context.
