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Defining Health.

Defining Health. Dr Dominic Upton. Disease and Illness. Disease : some body or physiological abnormality. Illness : some subjective feeling of being “unwell”. Negative definitions. Absence of something. Absence of disease- no pathology or abnormality.

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Defining Health.

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  1. Defining Health. Dr Dominic Upton.

  2. Disease and Illness. • Disease: some body or physiological abnormality. • Illness: some subjective feeling of being “unwell”.

  3. Negative definitions. • Absence of something. • Absence of disease- no pathology or abnormality. • Absence of illness- no feelings of anxiety, worry, pain or distress.

  4. Positive Definitions. • Health is defined as something that is achieved or gained. • WHO (1946) definition: “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”.

  5. Other definitions. • Parsons: Complete set of roles. • Seedhouse: Health as a commodity. • Marxian: Balance of health payment and income form healthy workforce.

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