How should we define health?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7817, 2011, Pages

  Huber, Machteld ^a   Andre Knottnerus J ^b   Green, Lawrence ^c   Van Der Horst, Henriëtte ^d   Jadad, Alejandro R ^e   Kromhout, Daan ^f   Leonard, Brian ^g   Lorig, Kate ^h   Loureiro, Maria Isabel ⁱ   Van Der Meer, Jos W M ^j   Schnabel, Paul ^k   Smith, Richard ^l   Van Weel, Chris ^j   Smid, Henk ^m  

^a LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k The Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

^l UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^m Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOSTASIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960938952     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4163     Document Type: Article

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