What is “Healing”?: Reflections on Diagnostic Criteria, Nosology, and Etiology

This paper examines the conceptual history and contemporary usages of the term “healing.” In response to longstanding definitional ambiguity, reflections are offered on what are termed the diagnostic criteria, nosology, and etiology of healing. First, a summary is provided of how healing has been defined within medicine. Second, the dimensionality of healing is discussed. Third, healing′s putative determinants are outlined. For biomedicine, healing mainly concerns repair of wounds or lesions and is unidimensional.
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