title: [Health is the most important point. Evaluation of nursing and medicine by society].
abstract: Health ist the main thing. Society's evaluation of nursing and medicine. Health continues to be regarded as of high, if not the highest value. It should follow that the activities of doctors and nurses be equally highly valued. This paper examines whether this is the case. To understand the value of health is crucially important. It becomes obvious that while health is thought to be attainable, the belief that the sick, the disabled and the dying are humanely cared for is an illusion. So is the expectation that a small number of members of society can cope with it all.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Schreiner
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical