CURE Quote
The following diverse groups share common objectives: therapists, surgeons, counselors, experimentalists, educators, urban planners, architects, social reformers, public health agents, cult leaders, used-car salespeople, and our parents. They all subscribe to one of these objectives: cure, behavior modification, recommendations for action, training, teaching, mind alteration, control, change, monetary allocation, construction, or discipline—in sum, various forms of intervention that directly affect our lives or do so indirectly by changing human environments.
— Zimbardo, Philip G, The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil, 2007-
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A Scientific Theory of Healthicine – and A Scientific Theory of Illness
Is there a scientific theory of medicine? If there is, I can’t find it. The field of medicine is very fragmented – naturally so, because medicine is about diagnosing and treating illness. There are many different types of illness, many … Continue reading
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Hierarchy of Healthicine
What is health? What is healthiness? There are a few definitions of health. Search anywhere for healthiness – and you will find yourself re-directed to ‘health’. What about Healthicine? Medicine is well defined, but no dictionary defines healthicine. A PhD of Health … Continue reading
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Healthicine: The Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness
Healthicine is the art and science of healthing. The study and practice of health and healthiness. Healthing, optimizing your health, is personal first, and then extends to your communities – your family, friends and any other community of which you are … Continue reading
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