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1 Defining Health

2 WHO definition Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

3 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

4 Definition of ‘Disease’
specific disorder a disorder in humans, animals, or plants with recognizable signs and often having a known cause

5 Definition of ‘Disease’
problem in society a serious problem in society or with a group of people

6 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

7 Complete Physical Well-being
A state of complete physical well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

8 Complete physical well-being
Dichotomy or continuum? Variable baselines?

9 Quotation Western medicine believes health is a war, and the body is a battleground that should be assaulted Mike Adams

10 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?

11 Complete Mental well-being
Objectivity and subjectivity? Culturally and temporally changing?

12 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

13 Complete Social Well-being
A state of complete social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

14 Complete Social Well-being
Social v. societal disease and infirmity? Personal or collective?

15 Quotation It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti

16 Other Dimensions of Health?
Emotional ? Spiritual ? Others ?


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