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To understand health as a social phenomenon in history, especially in modernity or in present late modernity, a refined conceptual framework of human health is needed. Such a framework, or even better, a model or a theory identifies defining and differentiating states, conditions and determinants of health as well as provides a foundation for practical applications to intervene into the production of health.
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Pelikan, J.M. (2007). Understanding Differentiation of Health in Late Modernity by Use of Sociological Systems Theory. In: Health and Modernity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37759-9_6
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