Toward a New Definition of Health

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. Dimensions of Health and Illness: Toward an Integrated Model

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-5

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   2. Toward a New Definition of Health: An Overview

      • Paul I. Ahmed, Aliza Kolker, George V. Coelho

      Pages 7-22

   3. Disease and Illness from a Biocultural Standpoint

      • Horacio Fabrega Jr.

      Pages 23-51

   4. Sickness as Cultural Semantics: Issues for an Anthropological Medicine and Psychiatry

      • Arthur Kleinman

      Pages 53-65

   5. The Dimensions of Medical Rationality: A Problematic for the Psychosocial Study of Medicine

      • Allan Young

      Pages 67-85

   6. Psychosocial Factors and Health: New Program Directions

      • World Health Organization

      Pages 87-111

   7. The Role of Indigenous Medicine in WHO’s Definition of Health

      • Paul I. Ahmed, Aliza Kolker

      Pages 113-128

3. Psychosocial Factors in Disease: Some Specific Examples

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-133

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   2. Occupational Stress and Health

      • James S. House, Mark F. Jackman

      Pages 135-158

   3. Psychosocial Dimensions of Drug Abuse

      • William A. O’Connor, Paul I. Ahmed

      Pages 159-173

   4. Views on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer and Cancer Treatment

      • Stephen P. Hersh

      Pages 175-190

   5. Labeling and Discrimination in Mental Health

      • Jonas Robitscher

      Pages 191-229

4. Health Needs of Special Groups: Some Specific Examples

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-233

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   2. Coping with Health Problems in Aging

      • Robert J. Havighurst

      Pages 235-254

   3. Toward a Definition of Health Risks for Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Hypertension and Heart Disease

      • Jerry L. Weaver

      Pages 255-268

   4. The Social and Psychological Aspects of Family Planning

      • Laurie Zivetz

      Pages 269-280

   5. Healthy Family Functioning: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

      • Henry P. David

      Pages 281-319

   6. Urban Health Services in Developing Countries: Culture, Technology, and Politics

      • Paul I. Ahmed, Robert Davis

      Pages 321-332

5. Methodology for Health Analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-335

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It is generally recognized today that the United States has a need to contri­ bute to the improvement of health throughout the world. The need stems from the interrelationships that exist between the health of Americans and the health status of the rest of the people on "Spaceship Earth." Disease does not respect national boundaries, and the frequency of travel and trade between countries increases each year. It further relates to the opportunities found in international settings to help solve health problems more effec­ tively and efficiently. This includes the unique human resources that are found throughout the world as well as certain natural ecological conditions that cannot be duplicated in the United States. The United States also has a responsibility to contribute to improved health status. Our tradition of humanitarianism alone supports such a re­ sponsibility, but our comparative wealth of technical and financial re­ sources dictates a requirement to participate. Modern political realities de­ fine relationships between developed and developing countries that will not allow us to isolate ourselves from the compelling health needs of a majority of the world's population.

• World Health Organization
• assessment
• autonomy
• developing countries
• health
• health care
• human resources
• population
• prevention
• relationships
• travel

• Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S Office of International Health, Rockville, USA

  Paul I. Ahmed

• Department of Health Education, University College, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

  Paul I. Ahmed

• National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, USA

  George V. Coelho

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