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Health is the general condition of a person in all aspects. It
is also a level of functional and/or metabolic efficiency of
an organism, often implicitly human. From Google dictionary:
"The state of being free from illness or injury".
The Caduceus.
At the time of the creation of the World Health Organization
(WHO), in 1948, health was defined as "a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity".
Only a handful of publications have focused specifically on
the definition of health and its evolution in the first 6
decades. Some of them highlight its lack of operational value
and the problem created by use of the word "complete." Others
declare the definition, which has not been modified since
1948, "simply a bad one."[4]
In 1986, the WHO, in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion,
said that health is "a resource for everyday life, not the
objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing
social and personal resources, as well as physical
capacities." Classification systems such as the WHO Family of
International Classifications (WHO-FIC), which is composed of
the International Classification of Functioning, Disability,
and Health (ICF) and the International Classification of
Diseases (ICD) also define health.
Overall health is achieved through a combination of physical,
mental, and social well-being, which, together is commonly
referred to as the Health Triangle.
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