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Defining Health
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WHO definition Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Definition of ‘Disease’
medical condition a condition in humans, plants, or animals that results in pathological symptoms and is not the direct result of physical injury
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Definition of ‘Disease’
specific disorder a disorder in humans, animals, or plants with recognizable signs and often having a known cause
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Definition of ‘Disease’
problem in society a serious problem in society or with a group of people
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Definition of Infirmity
lack of strength lack of strength and vitality character flaw a weakness or failing in somebody's character minor illness any medical condition that causes a lack of strength or vitality
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Complete Physical Well-being
A state of complete physical well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Complete physical well-being
Dichotomy or continuum? Variable baselines?
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Quotation Western medicine believes health is a war, and the body is a battleground that should be assaulted Mike Adams
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Complete Mental well-being
A state of complete mental social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Objectivity and subjectivity? Culturally and temporally changing?
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Complete Mental well-being
Objectivity and subjectivity? Culturally and temporally changing?
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Quotations The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we. Author unknown, as quoted in Mimi Guarneri, The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing
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Complete Social Well-being
A state of complete social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Complete Social Well-being
Social v. societal disease and infirmity? Personal or collective?
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Quotation It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Other Dimensions of Health?
Emotional ? Spiritual ? Others ?
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