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Vad menas med Hälsa?

Waad, Tommy (2002)
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim with this essay has been to illuminate different health perspectives, social work and the concept of salutogenesis. My central questions have been: What is the meaning of the concept of health? In what way is the concept of salutogenesis related to different concept of health? How can the concept of salutogenesis be a framework theory for social work? My method has been a qualitative theoretical review of litterateur. The results of the analysis showed that there is lots of different definition of health. This means that it could be important to define what we mean when we talk of the concept of health. The concept of salutogenesis does not fit in very well in the medical approach of health. The fit is better in the humanistic and... (More)
The aim with this essay has been to illuminate different health perspectives, social work and the concept of salutogenesis. My central questions have been: What is the meaning of the concept of health? In what way is the concept of salutogenesis related to different concept of health? How can the concept of salutogenesis be a framework theory for social work? My method has been a qualitative theoretical review of litterateur. The results of the analysis showed that there is lots of different definition of health. This means that it could be important to define what we mean when we talk of the concept of health. The concept of salutogenesis does not fit in very well in the medical approach of health. The fit is better in the humanistic and holistic models. There is also a fit to the developmental ecological models. (Less)
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author
Waad, Tommy
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
language
Swedish
id
1358750
date added to LUP
2004-11-08 00:00:00
date last changed
2004-11-08 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{The aim with this essay has been to illuminate different health perspectives, social work and the concept of salutogenesis. My central questions have been: What is the meaning of the concept of health? In what way is the concept of salutogenesis related to different concept of health? How can the concept of salutogenesis be a framework theory for social work? My method has been a qualitative theoretical review of litterateur. The results of the analysis showed that there is lots of different definition of health. This means that it could be important to define what we mean when we talk of the concept of health. The concept of salutogenesis does not fit in very well in the medical approach of health. The fit is better in the humanistic and holistic models. There is also a fit to the developmental ecological models.}},
  author       = {{Waad, Tommy}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vad menas med Hälsa?}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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