Health is not, in the minds of most people, a unitary concept. It is multi-dimensional, and it is quite possible to have 'good' health in one respect…

- Mildred Blaxter

Substantial proportions of the population did not see health as the most important thing in life - and these were more likely to be people with more,…

- Mildred Blaxter

The evidence here, as elsewhere, suggests that education is certainly relevant, but more because better education is associated with general differen…

- Mildred Blaxter

Healing requires a legitimated, credible and culturally appropriate system.

- Mildred Blaxter

Health can be defined negatively, as the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness…

- Mildred Blaxter

It is certainly not true that the population can be easily divided into those who lead healthy lifestyles, and those who do not: most people's patter…

- Mildred Blaxter