HSS 4102 Lecture 1: Introduction

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 4102
• Professor: Gustavo Gottret

Document Summary

Main models of health and disease: the dohad approach. Opening question lecture: what is health? (brainstorm: one of the major definitions: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well- being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (who). Holistic model: the holistic model has several axes on which it can be assessed, physical, psychological. Anouncements: see the articles/webpages on brightspace for additional information about the health- models, we are going to use the online discussion board this course.