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What Is Health?

Allostasis and the Evolution of Human Design

What Is Health?( )
Author: Sterling, Peter
ISBN:978-0-262-04330-4
Publication Date:Feb 2020
Publisher:MIT Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.Medical education centers on the venerable "no-fault" concept of homeostasis, whereby local mechanisms impose constancy by correcting errors, and the brain serves mainly for emergencies. Yet, it turns out that most parameters are not constant; moreover, despite the importance of local mechanisms, the brain is definitely in charge. In this book, the eminent neuroscientist Peter...
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Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Physiology
Medical / Neuroscience
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.318 x 9.165 x 0.975 Inches
Book Weight:1.32 Pounds



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