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What Is Health? How People Define It Differently

Feb 14, 2023
How people define health, and why that definition changes by person, culture, and profession. This video looks at personal perceptions rather than a single medical definition. In this video: - Health as absence of illness vs a wider idea of well-being - How age, culture, and experience change what “healthy” means - Why clinicians and patients often use different definitions - How those perceptions affect habits and care decisions - How this differs from the WHO definition of health
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