| The notion of health: a conceptual analysis. | |
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PMID: 11875997 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The notion of health used in medicine may have important implications, such as guiding the allocation of medical resources. This paper explores the notion of health through an overview and conceptual analysis of various notions of health found in modern medical and philosophical literature. It argues that health is characterized either positively or negatively (per exclusion), and either mechanistically (as the set of common or ideal states of a species) or holistically (as unimpaired self-organization of organisms). The paper concludes that a sound notion of health characterizes health negatively and holistically, assimilating mechanism as a good approximation in simple cases. |
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Authors:
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Abraham Rudnick |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ Volume: 4 ISSN: 1565-1088 ISO Abbreviation: Isr. Med. Assoc. J. Publication Date: 2002 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-03-05 Completed Date: 2002-03-20 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100930740 Medline TA: Isr Med Assoc J Country: Israel |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 83-5 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Behavioral Sciences, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel. harudnick@hotmail.com |
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Health* Health Status Indicators Holistic Health Humans Negativism Self Concept* |
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