Concept of Health and Disease Overview

The biomedical concept of health does not take into account psychological, social, and environmental factors.

According to the biomedical concept, an individual is considered healthy when free from any disease.

The germ theory of disease is closely associated with the holistic concept of health.

The biomedical concept of health considers disease from the perspectives of pathology, biochemistry, and physiology.

The biomedical concept perceives the human body as a complex system influenced by psychological and environmental factors.

'Health as the absence of disease' is a foundational idea in the biomedical concept.

Health as an ecological concept views health as a static equilibrium between man and the physical environment.

The biopsychosocial concept of health considers only biological and psychological factors.

Psychosocial health is defined as only mental and emotional well-being.

Disease, illness, and sickness all refer to the same concept.

The holistic concept of health involves looking at health separately from the biomedical, ecological, and psychosocial concepts.

Historically, the cause of disease has always been attributed to supernatural factors.