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• W23634006 abstract "OF PAPER CREATING THE MYTH OF HEALTH by Cheryl L. Logsdon This paper addresses the topic of health and how health is subject to mythicizing. It examines the importance of human values in the creation of working health definitions. In addition, the importance of societal interaction and communication within the limits of these health definitions is studied. Research on this subject reveals that although health is a real entity, its explanations and manifestations are shrouded in myth. Information obtained from works written by cultural anthropologists as well as philosophers provide a foundation upon which the perception of health is shown to be a myth. Finally, it is suggested that recognizing these points will help the individual gain autonomy and the health professional gain cultural sensitivity. CREATING THE MYTH OF HEALTH by Cheryl L. Logsdon A senior project submitted to the College Scholars Program of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS in COLLEGE SCHOLARS Knoxville, Tennessee 1998 CREATING THE MYTH OF HEALTH Since ancient times, myths have been used as functional tools for society, simplifying complex psychological aspects of the human experience. The more complex, multidimensional or mysterious this aspect was, the more involved was the created. Over time and across cultures, the psychological needs of societies have been in perpetual flux, and in consequence, the tools required to cope need to be mutable as well. Ancient myths are dispersed and are remolded into the myths that function as aids for the societies of the present. Health, with all of its unsolved riddles and myriad facets, is one of these fascinating and enduring concepts of humanity that has been consistently subjected to mythicizing. In order to truly understand and appreciate the concept of health we nlust explore what lies beyond our everyday experience. Would it really be so scary if was no ONE true reality? In the concluding pages of Walden, Henry David Thoreau wrote, We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live. Most have not delved six feet beneath the surface, nor leaped as many above it. We know not where we are. Beside, we are sound asleep nearly half our time. Yet we esteem ourselves wise, and have an established order on the surface. Truly, we are deep thinkers, we are ambitious spirits! (Walden 222). By delving beneath the melnbranes protecting their realities, Thoreau suggests, individuals will acquaint themselves more fully with the inner workings of life. Myths have proven to be ideal membranes, surrounding entities that are mutable and that evade solid explanation. Myths make discussing these entities more comfortable the entire community joins together in recognition of and in reaction to the same underlying beliefs. The primary intent of this discussion is to show that health, as constructed and experienced by society, is a myth. On an individual level, this awareness will increase the role of self-determination in the quest for On the professional level, it will lead to a more culturally sensitive, and therefore more effective, administration of health care. Classifying the perception of health as a will be approached in a stepwise and straightforward manner. Rather than defining myth in one fell swoop, it will be defined systematically. The following sections of this essay will be demarcated by a heading in the form of a definition. Each facet of the definition of myth will be followed by and compared to the parallel facet of health. In the concluding section, the societal relevance of creating health myths will be investigated. MYTH: a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something; especially one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society ... -Webster's Dictionary There exists a consistent universal assertion that health is indeed something worth attaining. Why has health consistently been striven towards across cultures and throughout history? At the time of the signing of the World Health Organization Constitution in 1946 the sixty-one countries involved had the ambition to promote world health because they felt that health was an important ingredient in creating world peace. This assertion does not seem strange when one considers that the leaders of these countries believed the health and happiness of its people as individuals was inextricably intertwined with the welfare of the country as a whole. For example, a memorandum submitted to the WHO by the country of France states, there cannot be any material security, social security, or well-being for individuals or nations without health ... the full responsibility of a free man can only be assumed by healthy" @default.
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