Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Smallpox, Health Policy, Knidos

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Section 1 a brief history of health. Understanding health through philosophy and medicine: hippocrates: mind and body. 2: daoist philosophy: harmonic balance, yin and yang, the environment, energy of life force, aesculapian theory: spiritual origins and spiritual interventions, cnidian theory: illness is physical, unrelated to other things. Understanding health through pharmacology: early and later civilizations also demonstrated knowledge of health through botany, the study of plants and plant life, artifacts from the zulu and the khoisan of southern africa and the chinese and. Understanding health through religion: over the centuries, spirituality has been included as one of several factors that contribute to health. Health practices in us: europeans brought contagious disease to north and south america, outbreaks of yellow fever and small pox, 1800s adopted public health policies to protect people. In summary : many cultures protected and preserved the health of their citizens, advancements in medical sciences, development of health models.