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Sociology of health and illness

WEBQuick Reference. A field of sociology concerned with the social dimensions of health and illness, it covers three main areas: namely, the conceptualization of health and illness; …

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Health Economics

WEBHealth Economics is a large and vibrant area of economics that has expanded rapidly over the past fifty years. This encyclopedia brings together leading …

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Dictionary of Public Health

WEBA Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.) Miquel Porta and John M. Last. Over 5,000 entries. This dictionary covers terms used in public health science and practice, including areas …

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Primary health care

WEB1 The WHO defines primary health care as essential health care made accessible at a cost that the country can afford, with methods that are practical, …

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Dictionary of Public Health

WEBCovering all aspects of public health, this book serves as both a quick and handy reference tool and a vehicle for more leisurely browsing. The Dictionary of Public Health is an …

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Health field concept

WEBhealth field concept. A conceptual model of determinants of health that was used by the authors of a visionary report, A New Perspective on the Health of …

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Healthy lifestyle

WEBA lifestyle which includes activities and habits that encourage the development of total physical, mental, and spiritual fitness, and which reduces the risk of …

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Natural history of disease

WEBnatural history of disease. Applied to the description of a disease, this term means the way the disease evolves and progresses, particularly in the absence of intervention. …

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Biomedical model of health

WEBbiomedical model of health. A model of health which focuses on purely biological factors and excludes psychological, environmental, and social influences. It is considered to be …

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Concise Medical Dictionary

WEBThis best-selling and market-leading dictionary contains over 12,000 clear and concise entries, covering all aspects of medical science. Written by a team of medical …

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Medicine and Health

WEBMedicine and Health encompasses the study of the prevention, cure, and understanding of disease as well as the investigation of physical and mental wellbeing.Oxford Reference …

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Multiple Causation

WEBMultiple Causation (Syn: multifactorial etiology) Source: A Dictionary of Epidemiology Author(s): Miquel Porta. The concept that a given health state or health …

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Sociology of medicine

WEBSociology of medicine adopts a more detached, critical approach, in which the sociological enterprise has priority over the medical. According to this argument, the sociology of …

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Prevention is better than cure

WEBProverbial saying, early 17th century. A similar idea is found in a Latin saying of the mid 13th century, ‘it is better and more useful to meet a problem in time than to …

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Dictionary of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

WEBMatthew Molineux, author Matthew Molineux is Professor and Head of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health Sciences at Griffith University, …

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