ABSTRACT
Health is intimately connected with the places and times we inhabit. Thomas McKewon (1988) studied the history of illness and disease and concluded that in all historical eras the most common causes of sickness and death were “the prevailing conditions of life” (p. 91). Today, as we begin the new millennium, the conditions of our lives continue to significantly impact the diseases we experience. Anorexia nervosa, depression, AIDS, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension, and stroke are all easily recognizable, devastating diseases that plague today’s life experience. Yet, none of these diseases was significant or even recognized just 100 years ago.
