The personal nature of health

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 766-769

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a,b,c  

^a Monash University ^*  (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defining health; Health; Philosophy of medicine; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 68349092486     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01225.x     Document Type: Review

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