1. Presentation 5: Concepts of health
Health & Social Care • Unit 7
Presentation 5: Concepts of health
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2. Health & Social Care • Unit 7
Positive definition of health: A view that health is feeling fit and well in body, mind and spirit. Negative definition of health: A view that health is the absence of disease.
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3. Health & Social Care • Unit 7
World Health Organisation definition of health: 'Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity' (WHO 1946)
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4. Health & Social Care • Unit 7
Holistic approach to health and illness: An approach to care that addresses the physical, social, emotional, social and spiritual health of the client. An approach that attempts to meet the needs of the 'whole' person.
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