[Endangerment of medicine by totalitarian basic principles].

Abstract

There are two different concepts of health which can be formulated: the abstract concept and the concrete concept. In the case of the abstract concept of health, illness appears as an evil which must be eliminated. Illness is not considered an integral part of a healthy organism. In the case of the concrete concept of health, the possibility that illness can occur is a necessary condition of being an organism. The structural connections between these concepts and totalitarian, political thinking will be discussed.