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Zdrowie jako determinant ludzkiego potencjału
Health as a Determinant of Human Potential

Author(s): ALINA DWORAK
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: health; development; determinant; potential

Summary/Abstract: Health as a universally desirable value conditions the acquisition of numerous goods and resources which determine the quality of life, being the factor of social differentiation at the same time. An individual living in a particular environment has specific needs and by means of his or her behaviour aims at satisfying them. This provides both biological and social balance. Such balance ensures good physical and mental state, otherwise known as health. Human possibilities are unlimited and changeable. However, regardless of the level of the development, time and place they are good for health which ensures access to knowledge, material and intellectual resources and provide better quality of life.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 44 (1)
  • Page Range: 151-163
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish