Peter La Cour

Introducing Existential Health

The Four-Dimensional Model

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Produktbeschreibung

Introducing Existential Health unfolds this evolving concept and places it in the context of common understandings of health. It presents existential health as a vital dimension in understanding human well-being, complementing the traditional biopsychosocial model.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032818511
• ISBN-10: 1032818514
• Artikelnr.: 72653384

Autorenporträt

Peter la Cour is from Denmark, works as a clinical health psychologist and holds a time-limited position as professor adjunct at MF, Oslo Norway. His PhD was in psychology of religion, and he been a part of a Norwegian research network now called "Research center for existential health" for the past 15 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part One. The Four-Dimensional Model. 1. History of health
understandings and definitions. 2. The biopsychosocial model and the
critique. 3. Background for a restructured model. 4. The four-dimensional
model of health and illness. Part Two. What is Existential Health. 5.
Explorations in existential health. 6. Mapping the terrain of existential
health. 7. Empirical connections: Existential health in relation to other
health dimensions. 8. Where the presence of existential health is already
evident. 9. Some implications of existential health. 10. Epilogue.