HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Icu Scoring Systems
5 May 2012
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Good health (wellness)- consist of feelings of well being, plus good performance of physical, psychological, and social levels of functioning. Also includes mental and social well being, life satisfaction and happiness. Wellness- inclusive concept incorporates good health but also quality of life and satisfaction with general living conditions functioning ability to meet the demands of everyday life in a social/physical environment. Perform roles as family members and participating in the labor force , ability to take care of activities in daily living. Ill health (sickness) includes both the presence of disease and experience of illness. Illness varies between person to person, even people with the same disease. Illness- subjective, people perceiver themselves as not feeling well and engage in different types of behaviors in an effort to overcome their i"ll health. Accompanied by identification of specific bodily sites that are effected. Good health can only be understood in relation to illness and disease.
