title: On human health.
abstract: If it is true that health is a priority objective of medicine, then medical practice can only be successful if the meaning of the term "health" is known. Various attempts have been made over the years to define health. This paper proposes a new definition. In addition to current health concepts, it also takes into account the distinction between specifically human (great) health and health as the absence of disease and illness-i.e. small health. The feeling of leading a life that makes sense plays a key role in determining specifically human great health.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Surgery, Luzerner Kantonsspital, 6000, Lucerne 16, Switzerland, pvanspijk@svsl.ch.
authors.forename: Piet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Spijk
mesh_terms: D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011788:Quality of Life; D009626:Terminology as Topic