title: [The concept of health in the General Health Law (1986)].
abstract: The 1986 "Le General de Sanidad" (Sanitary General Regulations) has been studied using the method of the "Topología del Discurso" in order to elucidate what are the thoughts of the lawmakers. The law protects not only the population of catastrophes as it happened with the choleric epidemic of the XIX century, but considers a new concept a sanitary wealth should be provided to the individuals. Together with this new concept there are new ones such as equality and universalization of the sanitary assistence that would be keys of the aim of the lawmakers: to coordinate all the State resources in the reform of the spanish sanity. This includes the integration of the Universities. This can help in the understanding of the dificulties in the development and aplication of the Law present reality.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Historia de la Medicina, Badajoz.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peral
mesh_terms: D006262:Health; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000266:history*; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: El concepto de salud en la Ley General de Sanidad (1986).