Conference paper

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND THE ROLE OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

Ivan Vukoja ; Udruga narodnog zdravlja Andrija Štampar, Rockefellerova 4, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Midhat Jašić ; Tehnološki fakultet u Tuzli, Univerzitetska 8, Tuzla, BiH
Nizama Salihefendić ; Ordinacija Medicus A, Mustafe Rašidbegovića 2, Gračanica, BiH
Jakov Ivković ; Udruga narodnog zdravlja Andrija Štampar, Rockefellerova 4, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Danko Relić ; Udruga narodnog zdravlja Andrija Štampar, Rockefellerova 4, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The World Health Organization defined health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being,
and not just as a mere absence of disease. Fromthelogotherapeuticpointofview, the prerequisite for
health is spiritual well-being as well. Medicine is a branch of human activity that deals with the treatment
and rehabilitation of the sickness and with the preservation and improvement of health., and is addressed
by doctors and other health professionals. Andrija Štampar hasearlier noted the importance of preventive
action, pointing out in his postulates that the doctor should be a folk teacher, and that the issue of public
health and work on its improvement should all be addressed without distinction. When this is added to
the fact that in the Republic of Croatia is shortage of 2300 and 4000 doctors, and that a 15% of them will
be retired in the next 4 years with significant emigration of healthcare workers, it is justified to ask who
will heal the people or who will take care of public health and whether there are alternative solutions.
One of the potential solutions is the functional medicine that represents a biologically dependent model
that encourages the patient and the contractor to work together to actually define the cause of the disease
and is based on personal approach and therapy. The process of educating new professionals involved in
the processes of functional medicine needs to be adequatelymonitoredandvalorised to reducethe possibility
of unconventional and unauthorized treatment.

Keywords

health; logotherapy; functional medicine; Andrija Štampar

Hrčak ID:

198868

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/198868

Publication date:

31.12.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 2.161 *