Introducing Existential Health - The Four-Dimensional Model

Introducing Existential Health unfolds this evolving concept and places it in the context of common understandings of health. It presents existential health as a vital dimension in understanding human well-being, complementing the traditional biopsychosocial model.

List of contents

Preface. Part One. The Four-Dimensional Model. 1. History of health understandings and definitions. 2. The biopsychosocial model and the critique. 3. Background for a restructured model. 4. The four-dimensional model of health and illness. Part Two. What is Existential Health. 5. Explorations in existential health. 6. Mapping the terrain of existential health. 7. Empirical connections: Existential health in relation to other health dimensions. 8. Where the presence of existential health is already evident. 9. Some implications of existential health. 10. Epilogue.

About the author

Peter la Cour is from Denmark, works as a clinical health psychologist, and holds a time-limited position as professor adjunct at MF, Oslo Norway. His PhD was in psychology of religion, and he been a part of a Norwegian research network now called "Research center for existential health" for the past 15 years.

Product details

• Authors: Peter la Cour
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032819877
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3281987-7
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; MEDICAL / Health Policy, Philosophy of Mind, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine, Psychotherapy, Health psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, Medical Sociology, Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Existential