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1.1 discuss the difficulties of defining the terms ‘health’ and ‘disease’
discuss the difficulties of defining the terms ‘health’ and ‘disease’
- The definition of disease above is very broad. Disease can cover a wide range of conditions that fit the above definition including minor conditions, such as a cut finger or an ant bite, as well as the more obvious diseases.
- Health varies on a daily basis and is not just the absence of disease. Health varies with age and the susceptibility to disease. It is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing.
- The difficulties of defining the terms health and disease include that:
- it is possible for a person to be healthy and have a disease at the same time
- the terms are used in general conversation and have different meaning to the scientific definition.