TheScientificWorldJournal
March 27, 2012
Søren Ventegodt, Maximilian Kromann, Niels Jørgen Andersen et al.
The human character can be understood as an extension of the life mission or purpose of life, and explained as the primary tool of a person to impact others and express the purpose of life. Repression of the human character makes it impossible for a person to realize his personal mission in life and, therefore, is one of the primary causes of self-repression resulting in poor quality of life,...
TheScientificWorldJournal
March 27, 2012
Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick
This paper addresses (in a philosophical way) the complex and enigmatic interface between matter, life, and consciousness in modern medical science. The problem today in understanding living matter is not at the molecular level, but at the macro level where all molecular activities in the individual cell are coordinated, and especially at a higher level, where the activities of all the...
TheScientificWorldJournal
May 1, 2005
Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen et al.
A theoretical framework of existential coherence is presented, explaining how health, quality of life (QOL), and the ability to function were originally created and developed to rehabilitate human life from an existential perspective. The theory is inspired by the work of Aaron Antonovsky and explains our surprising recent empirical findings -- that QOL, health, and ability primarily are...
TheScientificWorldJournal
November 13, 2003
Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick
The field of holistic medicine is in need of a scientific approach. We need holistic medicine--and we even need it to be spiritual to include the depths of human existence--but we need it to be a little less "cosmic" in order to encompass the whole human being. Many important research questions and challenges, empirical as well as theoretical, demand the attention from medical researchers. Like...