A medical definition of disease
1980; Elsevier BV; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0306-9877(80)90085-7
ISSN1532-2777
Autores Tópico(s)Empathy and Medical Education
ResumoDefinitions of health and disease have been greatly influenced by sociocultural viewpoints. Medical definitions of the disease state are lacking or indufficient. An attempt is presented to separate core or primal, from conditioned disease. Core disease is defined as a verifiable, self-conscious sensation of dysfunction and/or distress that is felt to be limitless, menacing and aid-requiring. In contrast, conditioned diseases are states labeled as diseases by virtue of consensus on prevalent sociocultural and medical values.
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