health and ill health Flashcards

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biomedical definition

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  • views health/illness in terms of physical or biological factors
  • defines health as the ‘absence of illness’
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biopsychosocial definition

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  • suggests that health/illness is the result of several interacting factors (biological, psychological and social)
    aims to enhance the person’s health rather than just make them ‘not ill’
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health

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  • a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
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wellbeing

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  • the state of being comfortable, healthy or happy
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illness

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  • a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind
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