Schick A. Health as temporally extended: theoretical foundations and implications.
HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES 2022;
44:32. [PMID:
35900703 DOI:
10.1007/s40656-022-00513-y]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
This paper seeks to develop a theory of health that aligns with the shift in contemporary medical practice and research toward a temporally extended epidemiological view of health. The paper describes how such a theory is at the core of life course based approaches to health, and finds theoretical grounding in recent work in the philosophy of biology promulgating a process theory of life.
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