A new definition of health? An open letter of autochthonous peoples and medical anthropologists to the WHO

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作者
Charlier, P. [1 ,2 ]
Coppens, Y. [3 ]
Malaurie, J. [4 ]
Brun, L. [1 ,5 ]
Kepanga, M. [6 ]
Hoang-Opermann, V. [1 ,7 ]
Correa Calfin, J. A. [8 ]
Nuku, G. [9 ]
Ushiga, M. [10 ]
Schor, X. E. [1 ]
Deo, S.
Hassin, J. [2 ,11 ,12 ]
Herve, C. [2 ,11 ,12 ,13 ]
机构
[1] UVSQ, EA Paris Descartes 4569, UFR Hlth Sci, Sect Med & Forens Anthropol, 2 Ave Source Bievre, F-78180 Montigny Le Bretonneux, France
[2] Max Fourestier Hosp, CASH, Nanterre, France
[3] Coll France, Pl Marcelin Berthelot, F-75005 Paris, France
[4] EHESS, Ctr Arct Studies, F-75013 Paris, France
[5] Univ Hosp, Dept Pathol, Parakou, Benin
[6] Huli Commun, Highlands, Papua N Guinea
[7] Univ Hosp, Emergency Dept, Papeete, Tahiti, France
[8] Desarrollo Intercultural Chile, Mapuche Nation, Chile
[9] Museum Nat Hist, Rouen, France
[10] Zapara Community, Zapara, Ecuador
[11] CASH, IPES, Nanterre, France
[12] Paris X Univ, Nanterre, France
[13] EA 4569 Paris Descartes, Lab Med Eth, 45 Rue Saints Peres, F-75006 Paris, France
关键词
Public health; Wellbeing; Ecology; Medical anthropology; Suicide;
D O I
10.1016/j.ejim.2016.06.027
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Currently, formany practitioners (hospital and liberals) and researchers (including public health), the WHO definition of health is outdated: first it seems more utopian than pragmatic; then, it proves unsuitable for a large part of the world population. There is clearly a need to refine this definition or propose additional criteria to be more relevant or discriminating. In this perspective, what can indigenous people offer in the elaboration of a new definition of health? In this article, leaders or representatives of autochthonous peoples, anthropologists and physicians from many cultural origins (Amazonia, Patagonia, Papua New-Guinea, Inuit, North-American Indian, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Melanesia and Polynesia) have tried to identify and explain several key concepts that WHO should reintegrate into its new definition of health: human equilibrium in nature, accepted spirituality and adaptation. On the sidelines of the application of COP21 decisions that should give back to man his place into the environment, autochthonous people leaders, anthropologists and MDs explain why these three concepts are fundamental and universal health determinants, and need to be included in a new WHO definition of health. (C) 2016 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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