TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 3. Global Health in Dermatology
A1  - Hay, Roderick J.
A2  - Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2  - Katz, Stephen I.
A2  - Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2  - Paller, Amy S.
A2  - Leffell, David J.
A2  - Wolff, Klaus
PY  - 2012
T2  - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
AB  - The  word  “global”  describing  something  that  is  worldwide  is  not  a  concept  that  is  difficult  to  understand,  whereas  the  term  “health”  is  frequently  misused  on  the  assumption  that  it  simply  means  freedom  from  disease.  However,  health  and  disease  are  not  merely  examples  of  the  converse,  a  point  that  is  captured  by  the  mission  statement  of  the  World  Health  Organization  (WHO),  whose  objective  is  to  promote  health.  The  WHO  definition  of  health,  which  is  widely  used  as  the  definitive  descriptor  of  health,  says  that  health  is  a  state  of  complete  physical,  mental,  and  social  well-being  and  not  merely  the  absence  of  disease  or  infirmity.  Therefore,  global  health  implies  a  worldwide  mission  to  promote  complete  well-being.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56020652
ER  -