What is the basis for the health–illness continuum?
a. Prevention of acute illness
b. Individual response to health or illness
c. Promotion of health and wellness
d. Variation in degree of health or illness
D
Currently, health and illness are viewed as relative states along a continuum. Individuals are at neither absolute health nor absolute illness but are in an ever-changing state of being.
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