Concepts of health and disease

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 14 (3):261-267 (1989)
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The paper differentiates between three levels of the notion of health – biological health, medical health, and social health – and underlines the cultural concept of health and disease, its dependence on religion, ideology, and the general view of life. Keywords: biological health, medical health, normality, social health, well-being CiteULike Connotea Del.icio.us What's this?

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10.1093/jmp/14.3.261

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