第一节 安康和疾病的概念(国外英文资料).doc

第一节 健康和疾病的概念 The next pathophysiology Chapter 1 the introduction of disease Health and disease are two basic concepts of medicine, the opposite and unity of life. For a long time, people have been affected by the biomedical model, which is that health is not a physical disease, but a robust body and physiological indicators. The disease is a pathological change in the structure, function and metabolism of the organism, causing the abnormal life process of clinical symptoms and signs. With the modern medical pattern, the formation of the people understand the health and disease not only with the body of its own factors, and with peculiar to itself is also linked to psychological and social factors. Therefore, the biological factors, psychological factors and social factors combine to explore the concept of health and disease, to explore the rules of the development of the disease, is helpful to clarify the nature of the disease. The first concept of health and disease The World Health Organization (World Health Organization, the WHO) is about the meaning of Health: Health is not only no disease, but also to have a sound body and mind condition and ability to adapt. It reflects the modern medical mode, the health of people is not only a healthy body, psychological also want to health, but also have ability to adapt to the environment, according to the three harmony and unity. On the environment (natural environment, social environment and the individual internal environment adaptability is the basic condition of people live, the survival of the fittest is the universal law of biological evolution. Environment is constantly changing, in ones life, not only have to passively adapt to changing environment, and to move to transform the environment in practice so as to meet the needs of their own, the initiative to adapt to the environment. The ability to adapt is influenced by factors such as physical and psychological factors, as well as learning and living experienc