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5 Towards a Healthy Concept of Health
HENRIK LERNER1* AND JAKOB ZINSSTAG23
1 Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden; 2 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland;
