HMS, HIC EQ-Bank 034 MC

What key change distinguishes modern health definitions from traditional understandings?

Modern definitions focus primarily on the treatment of disease and injury.
Modern definitions include social and personal resources alongside physical health.
Modern definitions emphasise that complete wellness is necessary to be considered healthy.
Modern definitions view health mainly through a medical and physiological lens.

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\(B\)

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B is correct because the WHO’s 1986 clarification defines health as “a resource for everyday life” that emphasises “social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities”, moving beyond purely physical aspects.

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Option A is incorrect as this represents an older, treatment-focused approach rather than the modern definition.
Option C is incorrect because the modern definition actually moves away from requiring “complete” wellness in all dimensions.
Option D is incorrect as it describes the traditional medical model rather than the current holistic understanding of health.