HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eckhart Tolle, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Salutogenesis

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 101
• Professor: Elaine Power

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Difference between the definition of health depending on people (ordinary people & aboriginal) Roots i(cid:374) the g(cid:396)eek (cid:449)o(cid:396)k (cid:862)holos(cid:863) (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:862)(cid:449)hole(cid:863) Hippocrates (400 bc)- des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)es health as (cid:862)a (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of the (cid:271)ody a(cid:374)d soul a(cid:396)e i(cid:374) ha(cid:396)(cid:373)o(cid:374)y (cid:449)ith the outside (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:863) Absence of disease or illness: disease (cid:862)an objective, biophysical, phenomenon characterized by altered functioning of the body as a biological organism(cid:863) (p. 62) May or may not be accompanied by feelings of distress, pain, discomfort. Professional/ medical diagnosis- medically defined, objective pathology. The subjective feeling of pain or discomfort; may or may not accompany disease. Self-rated assessments of health correlate well with objective measures of health. Pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s se(cid:374)se of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g u(cid:374)(cid:449)ell- subjective experience of ill health: problems with dominant biomedical model of health. Mechanistic, reductionist, technical approach - body separate from mind, emotions, spirit/soul. More attention to disease (and curing it) than health (and promoting it) Biological processes located within the broader context.