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healthExtent of continuing physical, emotional, mental, and social ability to cope with one's environment. Good health is harder to define than bad health (which can be equated with presence of disease) because it must convey a more positive concept than mere absence of disease, and there is a variable area between health and disease. A person may be in good physical condition but have a cold or be mentally ill. Someone may appear healthy but have a serious condition (e.g., cancer) that is detectable only by physical examination or diagnostic tests or not even by these. health 1. the state of being bodily and mentally vigorous and free from disease 2. the general condition of body and mind health [helth] (medicine) A state of dynamic equilibrium between an organism and its environment in which all functions of mind and body are normal. Health agate symbolizes health; supposed to relieve snake and scorpion bites. [Class. and Medieval Legend: Leach, 27] symbolizes well-being. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 397] goddess of physical fitness. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 192] goddess of health. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 409] goddess of health; daughter and personification of Asclepius. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 123] symbol of fertility and fitness. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 396–397] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A total of 83% of women and 66% of men said their health care provider assumed they were heterosexual. all health care provider institutions and sectors have an equal voice and role in LHIN development and operations. Health care provider Kaiser Permanente has even crafted "A Provider's Handbook on Culturally Competent Care: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Population," a 72-page booklet to formally educate its medical staff on gay health issues, Allerton says. |
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