What Is Health?

by Ruth Cross

What is health? What does health mean to people? How do we make sense of health and experience it?

There are no simple answers to these questions. Health is complex, subjective and varied. Drawing on theory, research and contemporary debates, Ruth Cross explores the nature of health in depth and challenges our thinking about it. Moving beyond taken-for-granted assumptions, she gives the meaning of 'health' its due attention, exploring everyday...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509556494
• ISBN13: 9781509556496
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 216 Pages