There are numerous definitions of the word "health." Which definition listed below is from Florence Nightingale?
a. the state of being free from illness or injury
b. being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent
c. a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
d. a state or process of being and becoming an integrated and whole person
B
Florence Nightingale's (Nightingale, 1969 [1860]) definition of health is "being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent." The New Oxford English Dictionary's (2005) definition of health is "the state of being free from illness or injury." The definition of health by the World Health Organization (2006) is "a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Ray and Andrews (1999) define health as "a state or process of being and becoming an integrated and whole person."
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