Lerner Henrik
Department of Health Care Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, P.O. Box 11189, 100 61, Stockholm, Sweden.
Med Health Care Philos. 2019 Sep;22(3):453-461. doi: 10.1007/s11019-018-09884-1.
Definitions of health in terms of some kind of balance form a category of their own within the sphere of health definition. Such definitions have their roots in the beginnings of scientific medicine, and popular versions are common among lay people. It has even been claimed that balance is fundamental to health for all species. Several present-day definitions of health in terms of balance are presented here. Particular attention is given to the call for a definition of health applicable to both humans and animals within the One Health approach, involving human medicine, veterinary medicine and ecology. Definitions in terms of balance have been suggested but none has been thoroughly analysed with regard to its suitability. There are therefore three concerns in this paper. The first is to introduce versions of the category of balance, as a first step towards a nomenclature of health definitions. The second is to analyse the claim made recently that balance is a universal criterion of health in all species including humans. The third is to ascertain whether any of the versions discussed is suited to the One Health approach.
从某种平衡的角度对健康进行定义，在健康定义领域中自成一类。此类定义源于科学医学的开端，并且通俗版本在普通民众中也很常见。甚至有人声称，平衡对所有物种的健康都至关重要。这里介绍了几个当今从平衡角度对健康的定义。特别关注了在“同一健康”方法（涉及人类医学、兽医学和生态学）中对适用于人类和动物的健康定义的呼吁。虽然有人提出了从平衡角度的定义，但尚未对其适用性进行全面分析。因此，本文有三个关注点。第一个是介绍平衡类别的各种版本，作为迈向健康定义命名法的第一步。第二个是分析最近提出的平衡是包括人类在内的所有物种健康的普遍标准这一说法。第三个是确定所讨论的任何版本是否适用于“同一健康”方法。
