Page 87 - Human Rights

Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department

When most of the income goes to 30% of the population and is not evenly distributed, the average

life expectancy of the entire population is considerably compromised.

Thus, life span extension is indexed to the income gap of a given population.

However, modern societies should not disregard the emotional salary, that is, all those

noneconomic rewards that contribute decisively for self-actualization at work.

This is the reason why advanced capabilities should be promoted at work.

The distinction between health and satisfaction, that is, degree of contentment with the current
situation, is also useful.

Although overlapping concepts, one can be satisfied with the circumstances of life even if they do

not correspond to a true state of physical, psychological, or social well-being.

Moreover, physical and mental health should be considered as two sides of an indivisible whole
because:

1 Conditions that protect physical health (e.g., education) also protect mental health;

2 Each of these varieties decisively influences the other, for example, chronic diseases cause

depression, and in turn, depression leads to the lack of physical exercise, poor diet, and health
risks;

3 Symptoms such as tiredness, shortness of breath, and palpitations may result from both physical

and psychological illness;

4 The nervous and the endocrine systems bridge the gap between our physical and mental
dimensions; 5 Direct social disadvantages, concerning education, housing, diet, access to

healthcare, etc.; and

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