concepts of health and wellbeing Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
health
A
state of complete physical/mental/social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease
2
Q
wellbeing
A
combination of all dimensions of health
3
Q
disease
A
disease is a physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction or tissue damage
4
Q
illness
A
subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease
e.g. asthma is the disease, pain is the illness
5
Q
factors that may contribute to different levels of illness
A
pain threshold
family support
medication
age
past experience with disease
6
Q
difference illness and disease
A
disease is the diagnosis
illness is the feeling/emotion
