Citizen
Being a citizen to me means the goals, hopes, and the responsibilities of those that live in a particular city, state, or nation. A citizen upholds the law of where one lives. One has rights to live and prosper, where one feels at home, and a sense of belonging. This is not the legal definition of a citizen but what being a citizen means to me. My definition and the textbook definition are quite different in many aspects. The definition of citizen according to Merriam-Webster is a resident or inhabitant of a state (Citizen, n.d). I feel that often time nationalism is confused with being a citizen. That a citizen feels a grand sense of belonging to a specific state or country and with this sense of belonging one begins to have the false sense that the country they live is the best. That one believes …show more content…
al, (2005), describe human health as the combined product of ecological, economic, socio-cultural and organizational factors. The medical field is not only globally connected on a health level but also on an economic level. The world of medicine is connected by environmental factors, import and export of medications, knowledge. Also, many countries use the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health problems, 10th revision (ICD-10). The ICD is the information standard for mortality and morbidity statistics for global health (ICD, n.d).
Global health issues are a unifying factor, because we are all human and disease can influence anyone’s life. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that a global health priority the air one breathes, the food one consumes, and the water one drinks (n.d). The WHO has 194 participating countries, more than 100 of these countries utilize the ICD (ICD, n.d). The ICD helps the healthcare system to perform on a global level by providing a common language, facilitates the ability to share and compare health information between hospitals, countries, and data comparisons (ICD,
Being a citizen to me means the goals, hopes, and the responsibilities of those that live in a particular city, state, or nation. A citizen upholds the law of where one lives. One has rights to live and prosper, where one feels at home, and a sense of belonging. This is not the legal definition of a citizen but what being a citizen means to me. My definition and the textbook definition are quite different in many aspects. The definition of citizen according to Merriam-Webster is a resident or inhabitant of a state (Citizen, n.d). I feel that often time nationalism is confused with being a citizen. That a citizen feels a grand sense of belonging to a specific state or country and with this sense of belonging one begins to have the false sense that the country they live is the best. That one believes …show more content…
al, (2005), describe human health as the combined product of ecological, economic, socio-cultural and organizational factors. The medical field is not only globally connected on a health level but also on an economic level. The world of medicine is connected by environmental factors, import and export of medications, knowledge. Also, many countries use the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health problems, 10th revision (ICD-10). The ICD is the information standard for mortality and morbidity statistics for global health (ICD, n.d).
Global health issues are a unifying factor, because we are all human and disease can influence anyone’s life. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that a global health priority the air one breathes, the food one consumes, and the water one drinks (n.d). The WHO has 194 participating countries, more than 100 of these countries utilize the ICD (ICD, n.d). The ICD helps the healthcare system to perform on a global level by providing a common language, facilitates the ability to share and compare health information between hospitals, countries, and data comparisons (ICD,