Abstract

LEANDRO, Maria Engrácia  and  LEANDRO, Ana Sofia da Silva. From health and well-being/badly-being to termalism. Sociologia [online]. 2015, vol.30, pp.75-96. ISSN 0872-3419.

In this work we analyse three dimensions of the dynamic between health, well- being/badly-being and termalism in contemporary societies. The first dimension aims to explore the importance of health in everyday life and plural therapy, incloused the termalism. The second aspect refers to the relentless pursuit of well-being in health in time feeling and their individual, social and cultural mechanisms. Finally, the third seeks to capture the (re)valorization of termalism in context of news sick nosologie, healthcare and pursuits of well-being and adequate therapys in situations

Keywords : well-being; health; termalism.

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