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Journal of Medical Ethics 26:9-17 (2000)
© 2000 BMJ Publishing Group

Disease, illness, sickness, health, healing and wholeness: exploring some elusive concepts

Kenneth M Boyd

Edinburgh University Medical School and The Institute of Medical Ethics

Concepts such as disease and health can be difficult to define precisely. Part of the reason for this is that they embody value judgments and are rooted in metaphor. The precise meaning of terms like health, healing and wholeness is likely to remain elusive, because the disconcerting openness of the outlook gained from experience alone resists the reduction of first-person judgments (including those of religion) to third-person explanations (including those of science).

Key Words: Health • disease • healing • wholeness • illness • sickness




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