Concepts of Health and Disease: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Peri Rosenfeld ◽  
Arthur L. Caplan ◽  
H. Tristram Engelhardt ◽  
James J. McCartney
Keyword(s):  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Disease

What is Philosophy of Medicine?

PARADIGMI ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 11-28
Author(s):  
Elselijn Kingma
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
The Relationship

Philosophy of Medicine is considered a new and emerging discipline. This paper presents an overview of philosophy of medicine, discusses its relation to bioethics and to other areas of philosophy, and introduces three potential topics for research in the philosophy of medicine: concepts of health and disease, the relationship between medicine and psychiatry, and the problems of medical knowledge and evidence.

Concepts of Health and Disease

1988 ◽  
pp. 80-117
Author(s):  
Wim J. van der Steen ◽  
P. J. Thung
Keyword(s):  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Disease

scholarly journals Die aard en stand van die tradisionele, nie-westerse of stammedisyne in suid-afrika

Curationis ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H.C.J Van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Modern Medical Practice

There exists a long-established system of traditional medicine among Blacks in South Africa next to Westernised health services. The exact extent to which traditional medicine is practised cannot be established, but evidence exists The continued use of the traditthioant ailt hise aslteilrls ,u osefdte nw itdoegleyt.her with Western medicine, is rooted in the traditionally held concepts of health and disease. Illness and death are usually attributed to mystical causes which must be identified and removed by the witchdoctor. Witchdoctors can be divided into distinct categories according to their functions and methods — i.e. diviners and medicine-men or herbalists. The methods used by the witchdoctor are not compatible with Western medicine, but their approach to patients and the community has certain attributes not found in modern medical practice. It is not envisaged that the witchdoctor will cease to play a role in the foreseeable future.

Gesundheit und Bewegung bei den Maya, im christlichen Denken des frühen Mittelalters und im alten China – der Blick auf vormoderne Kulturen

STADION ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-180
Author(s):  
Andreas Luh
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social History ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Popol Vuh ◽  
Early Medieval Period ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Disease

The topic of health and physical activity is an important subject of research and teaching in sport scholarship. The present article focuses on the concepts of health and disease of the Mesoamerican Maya, Christians in the late antiquity and the early medieval period, and traditional Chinese medicine. This cultural-historical approach is based on the social history and particular living conditions which formed the Maya, the Christian and the Chinese people. Key sources include the holy book of the Maya, Popol Vuh, the Lorscher Arzneibuch, and the Chinese Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor. Although the concepts of health and physical activity differ greatly, they combined the same element: they always include a theory of life as a whole; they are always a contemporary construction based on the particular living conditions, thinking and belief; and they are always a means of stabilizing authority and social order.

Definitions of health and disease among physicians and Społem PSS employees

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Domaradzki ◽  
Piotr Kordel
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
High Tendency ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Aim. Definitions of health and disease play an important role in the organization and functioning of a health care system. The meanings attached to both phenomena also shape individual’s health behaviours and may be more important for their understanding that one’s social status. Thus, the aim of the study was to determine how the educational status and kind of work influence the concepts of health and disease. It also aimed to determine what criteria do physicians and Społem PSS employees use while talking about health and disease and whether lay concepts of health differ from their professional counterparts.Material and Methods. The research was carried out between May and August 2013 among one hundred physicians and one hundred Społem PSS employees. Thus, the results refer to people who are professionally active. Respondents were questioned via a structured questionnaire which contained questions on their self‑definitions of health and disease and the criteria of their evaluation.Results. The research has revealed important differences in definitions of health and disease between physicians and clerks from Społem PSS. While physicians used a medical criterion to define health more often, Społem PSS employees defined it according to mixed and subjective criteria. As for disease, while respondents from both groups defined it mainly in medical criteria, all Społem PSS employees described it in pathological terms; physicians, however, defined it mainly as an abstract lack of well‑being. On the other hand, many respondents understood both phenomena as multidimensional which proves that both terms contain many contradicting meanings and are difficult to articulate. Also among physicians, high tendency to overmedicalization of many phenomena was observed.Conclusions. It has been proven that educational status and kind of work influence the way people understand health and disease. Thus, this research may be useful for health education and in planning health promotion and preventive actions.

Concepts of Health and Disease: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

JAMA ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 248 (19) ◽  
pp. 2528-2528
Author(s):  
R. Coser
Keyword(s):  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Disease
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