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In Search of an Ethical Frame for the Provision of Health (2016)

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Almost from its introduction, the World Health Organization’s definition of health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”¹ was a matter of controversy,² because it implied a strong connection between health and general happiness. Less known, however, is that this definition was inspired by the description of the “healthy individual” penned by the medical historian Henry Sigerist in 1941: A healthy individual is a man who is well balanced bodily and mentally, and well adjusted to his physical and social environment. He is in full control of his physical and mental faculties and can adapt to environmental...

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Authors & Contributors
Hochman, Gilberto
Cueto, Marcos
Abeysinghe, Sudeepa
Mathieu Arminjon
Koichi Kameda
Mannelli, Chiara
Concepts
Public health
Medicine and ethics
Epidemiology
Malaria
Disease and diseases
Medicine and politics
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Early modern
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Brazil
United States
Damascus
Islands of the Pacific
Latin America
Europe
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNICEF
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
World Bank
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