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The Health State Our Most Precious Asset? A Short Review

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  • Alexandrina D. CRUCEANU

    (”Al.I.Cuza” University Iasi, Doctoral School of Chemical and Life Science and Earth - Faculty of Geographie-Geology)

  • Izabella ŁĘCKA

    (University of Warsaw -Poland, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies)

  • Ionel MUNTELE

    (”Al.I.Cuza” University Iasi, Faculty of Geographie-Geology)

Abstract

When we have health problems, we become ”consumers” of resources (financial, material, affective and so on), and personal autonomy is losing ground to dependence on others (family, friends, doctors, health system, society in general), so that, our problem can become a problem of the society which, despite its good intentions may not be able to provide the necessary support”here and now”. In order to prevent, eliminate or at least improve the causes that gave rise to the various health problems, we first need to know them. Heredity, environment and education are factors often invoked in explaining the processes and phenomena underlying at our wellbeing, indisputable thing in fact, but which of them have a higher share in the evolution of our health state, and how do they do it ? Thus, the paper aims to highlight the possible determinants of the population’s health state in general, and of the individual’s especially from the medical/health geaography point of view.

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  • Alexandrina D. CRUCEANU & Izabella ŁĘCKA & Ionel MUNTELE, 2014. "The Health State Our Most Precious Asset? A Short Review," Network Intelligence Studies, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 4, pages 193-208, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cmj:networ:y:2014:i:4:p:193-208
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    Keywords

    Health state; Physical determinants; Anthropogenic determinants; Medical geography; Health geography;
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    • J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income

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