Monthly Archives: September 2005

Problems with the WHO Definition of ‘Health’

This is a section of a larger paper discussing problems in health care distribution. The World Health Organisation [1] defines health as “…a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” [2] In doing so it incorporates total well-being under the concept of health. This definition is not a relational claim between the various parameters of … Continue reading Problems with the WHO Definition of ‘Health’ »