Toward a Contemporary Definition of Health. (21st November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bradley, Kent L; Goetz, Thomas; Viswanathan, Sheila
• Is Part Of: Military medicine. Volume 183(2018)Supplement 3
• Page Start: 204
• Page End: 207
• Publication Date: 2018-11-21
• Subjects: health -- flourishing -- paradigm -- contemporary -- determinants; Surgery, Military -- Societies, etc; Medicine, Military -- Societies, etc; Medicine, Military -- Periodicals; Surgery, Military -- Periodicals; Medicine, Military; Surgery, Military; Military Medicine -- Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.98023
• DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usy213
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0026-4075

Abstract

Abstract: Aristotle saw that the striving of humanity was toward being well – a physical, mental and spiritual state where life flourished. A contemporary definition of health recognizes that disease and disability can and often do co-exist with wellness. In this new conception, health is transformed from a state that requires the absence of disease to a state where the central theme is the fullness of life. Health becomes not a static state of being, but a dynamic quality of living where body, mind, and spirit are fully employed to make the most of each day.