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The different between NHS and CAM meaning of health
04/11/2008 - By Dror Steiner What is Health?
The World Health Organization (WHO) states “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease”.
This definition demonstrates that there are many, non-physical factors affecting.What is health?
The World Health Organization (WHO) states “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease”.
This definition demonstrates that there are many, non-physical factors affecting our health.
Think point: in light of the WHO definition of health, do you think that the NHS can provide all the health services we need? Is there a place for other health providers, alternative to the NHS?
Those factors are demonstrated in Abraham Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’. Mostly used in psychology, the hierarchy of needs present the idea that in order to achieve well-being (or health) there are levels of needs that need to be met.
The basic needs for our health and well-being are physiological factors such as food, water, balanced body function and more. The second level deals with feeling secure and safe. Then, the next level is about feeling we belong to a group or family.
We can lack a few factors and still have a degree of well-being, but not for a long time. An example of how the ‘hierarchy of needs’ works is that lower back pain may come about from feeling insecure, stressed or having low self-esteem. (This can be confirmed by research showing how psychological issues affect the body).
It will be fascinating to look at the overall balance and personality of your massage client to see where their well-being might be limited, potentially causing problems.
Health is a dynamic concept that changes with time, social structure and technological knowledge. What was considered healthy in one generation might be considered unhealthy in later times.
In modern times, the standard of health has dramatically changed because of the advancement in knowledge of diseases and technology. The last 200 years has brought two key historical trends that resulted in drastic changes in technology, social structure, cultural practice and health.
The first one was the industrial revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the second was the ‘computer revolution’, which started about 30 years ago and is still evolving.
Modern life has brought amazing advantages to our society, together with a cost of increased stress, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, heart disease, the breakdown of the family institution and other societal structures, along with changes such as moving from religions to other spiritual practices and more.
A summary of the health problems we confront today includes heart disease, diabetes, stress related diseases, high blood pressure, the common cold, back and neck pain, arthritis, depression and cancer.
The health services try to find new answers to new health problems. For example, new drugs are treating depression on a scale not known previously.
The public seek health services in different ways. Some of us, the health consumers, look to find “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”, as the World Health Organization promotes, and cannot find it in the NHS.
Those health consumers try to find solutions to their health and well-being problems through complementary and alternative medicine.
For comments contact Dror Steiner at info@bodyology.org.uk
or visit www.bodyology.org.uk