The rationale of our study was that the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of
health from 1947 which includes “… complete physical, mental and social wellbeing…” does …

This article provides a historical perspective on how both American and European
psychiatrists have conceptualized and categorized sexual deviance throughout the past 150 …

This essay replies to critics since 1995 of my “biostatistical theory”(BST) of health. According
to the BST, a pathological condition is a state of statistically species-subnormal biological …

Abstract'Gut health'is a term increasingly used in the medical literature and by the food
industry. It covers multiple positive aspects of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, such as the …

In Valuing Health Daniel M. Hausman provides a philosophically sophisticated overview of
generic health measurement that suggests improvements in standard methods and …

In recent years, many philosophers of science have rejected the “value-free ideal” for
science, arguing that non-epistemic values have a legitimate role to play in scientific inquiry …

Health and disease are critical concepts in bioethics with far-reaching social and political
implications. For instance, any attempt to educate physicians or regulate heath insurance …

Infectious diseases have been evolving and re-evolving over the ages and causing
immense misery to humans. Among them, some have been prevented and eradicated, but …

What is it to be mentally healthy? In the ongoing movement to promote mental health, to
reduce stigma, and to establish parity between mental and physical health, there is a clear …

According to Robert Weinberg (2014),“Those who have participated in cancer research
during [the last 40 years] have witnessed wild fluctuations from times where endless …