Concepts of Health and the Nature of Healing Knowledge (3): Biomedicine and Beyond

2003 ◽  
pp. 176-192
Keyword(s):  
Concepts Of Health

ЛИЧНОСТНЫЕ И ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНЫЕ КАЧЕСТВА ТРЕНЕРА (ИНСТРУКТОРА) ФИТНЕС-КЛУБА, ВЛИЯЮЩИЕ НА ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ЗДОРОВОГО ОБРАЗА ЖИЗНИ ВЗРОСЛЫХ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valery Buyanov ◽  
Svetlana Kashina
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Fitness Centers ◽  
Concepts Of Health

Представлена система взглядов понятий «здоровье» и «здоровый образ жизни» и их взаимосвязь. Рассмотрены основные этапы формирования здорового образа жизни. Дано обоснование занятий физическими упражнениями в фитнес-центрах. Выявлены основные личностные и профессиональные качества фитнес-тренера, влияющие на эффективность формирования здорового образа жизни занимающихся в фитнес-центрах.The system of views of the concepts of "health" and "healthy lifestyle" and their relationship. The main stages of the formation of a healthy lifestyle are considered. The rationale for exercising in fitness centers is given. The main personal and professional qualities of a fitness trainer that affect the effectiveness of the formation of a healthy lifestyle for those involved in fitness centers are identified.

Japanese divine light in Kinshasa transcultural resonance and critique in the religiously multiple city

2021 ◽  
pp. 205030322098698
Author(s):  
Peter Lambertz
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Spiritual Healing ◽  
Dr Congo ◽  
Discursive Space ◽  
New Religions ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Urban Africa ◽  
Local Tradition ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Health And Healing

The Japanese “new religions” ( Shin Shūkyō) active in Kinshasa (DR Congo) nearly all perform healing through the channeling of invisible divine light. In the case of Sekai Kyūseikyō (Church of World Messianity), the light of Johrei cannot be visually apprehended, but is worn as an invisible aura on the practitioner’s body. This article discusses the trans-cultural resonances between Japan and Central Africa regarding the ontology of spiritual force, regimes of subjectivity, and the gradual embodiment of Johrei divine light as a protection against (suspicions of) witchcraft. Meanwhile, I argue that religious multiplicity in urban Africa encourages cultural reflexivity about concepts of health and healing, self-responsibility, and Pentecostal suspicion-mongering of occult sciences. Thus, Johrei divine light not only feeds into a longstanding local tradition of spiritual healing; within the religiously multiple city, it is also a discursive space for, and an experience and performance of, emic critique.

scholarly journals The concept of health in older age: views of older people and health professionals

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melita J Giummarra ◽  
Betty Haralambous ◽  
Kirsten Moore ◽  
Joan Nankervis
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Barriers And Motivators ◽  
Holistic Manner

This study aimed to explore how older people and health professionals conceptualise health in older age. Thirty-six older people and 41 health professionals participated in 10 focus groups (five with older people and five with health professionals) and discussed concepts of health, the modifiable aspects of health, and barriers and motivators to undertaking health-promoting behaviour change. Both older people and health professionals were found to conceptualise health in a holistic manner. While health professionals tended to place the source of poor health on failures of social connectedness and poor service delivery, older people stressed the importance of taking ownership of one?s own health and actively seeking out health promoting activities and services.

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.

Mizo Beliefs and the Christian Gospel: Their Interaction with Reference to the Concepts of Health and Healing

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Ngursangzeli Behera
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
World Views ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
Health And Healing ◽  
Gospel Message ◽  
Christian Beliefs

The Mizos of northeast India have their own unique culture and society with indigenous religious beliefs that were closely linked with their everyday needs and their world-views. For the Mizos the world was inhabited by spirits, some benevolent and some evil. The evil spirits were believed to cause all kinds of illnesses and misfortunes, and in order to recover from such illnesses the evil spirits had to be placated by sacrifices known as inthawina which can be understood as ‘ceremonial cures’. The Mizos lived in fear, always afraid of evil spirits, and their religious energies were centred on propitiating these evil spirits through frequent sacrifices. The Puithiams (priests) would officiate at such events. Christianity brought inevitable change in the Mizos' religious and world-views. Nevertheless, many of the existing pre-Christian beliefs of Mizo society were adopted or modified by missionaries to help the Mizos to understand more fully Christian concepts and beliefs, especially with reference to the concepts of health and healing. It can also be argued that pre-Christian social, religious and cultural beliefs carried in them ‘theologies of life’ which were adopted by missionaries or those spreading the gospel message, thus allowing these practices, as well as Christian doctrines themselves, to be seen in a new light.

Can the health care system be effective? - The research results

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (14) ◽  
pp. 01-06
Author(s):  
Joanna Jasińska
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Personalized Medicine ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Basic Problem ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Concepts Of Health

The different definitions of efficiency (in their medical meanings) are presented as the result of meta-reviews found in scientific databases. Efficacy and efficiency are often mismatched with effectiveness in the research of healthcare systems in different countries. In addition to the classic Bismarck’s and Beveridge’s models the modern concepts of health systems include personalized medicine, recognition of health as economic value. However, the basic problem in the Polish healthcare system is the low quality of overly specific and often changed legislation.

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
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