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promoting good health - AO1

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Health is the state of complete physical mental and social well being it is not just being absent from illness. Health can be defined negatively and positively an example of a negative approach to health is the holistic concept of health considers the whole person rather than just concentration on the one problem that they may have. It recognises that every aspect of health can impact on another. For example mental health can affect our physical health. Holistic concept of health is becoming increasingly used in mainstream medical practice as part of a broader view of patient care as it looks at the person as a whole. For example if you are emotionally upset, you're mental, social, spiritual and physical health can be affected. "It is very difficult to separate the aspects of health as they are interrelated and interdependent" (textbook) Another negative approach to health is known as...

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