Margaret A. Newman Flashcards
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Margaret A. Newman
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Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
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No Disease
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Healthy
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Disease / Disability
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Unhealthy
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The theory has progressed to include the health of all persons regardless of the presence or absence of disease.
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Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
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MAJOR CONCEPTS of Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
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- Health
- Pattern
- Consciousness
- Movement-Space-Time
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- is the “pattern of the whole” of a person and
includes disease as a manifestation of the pattern of the whole, based on the premise that life is an ongoing process of expanding consciousness.
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Health
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- is information that depicts the whole and
understanding of the meaning of all of the
relationships at once. - is what identifies an individual as a particular
person. Example: genetic pattern, voice pattern, and movement pattern
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Pattern
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- is both the informational capacity of the system and the ability of the system to interact with its environment.
- includes not only cognitive and affective
awareness, but also the “interconnectedness of the entire living system which includes
physicochemical maintenance and growth
processes as well as the immune system”
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Consciousness
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- state of motion Ex: restriction in movement in ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) patient
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Movement
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3 Correlates of Consciousness:
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Movement-Space-Time
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in relation to movement Ex: when a person’s life space is decreased, by physical or social immobility, that person’s time is increased
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Time & Space
