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Jimmy Carter: “Health is defined by the World Health Organization as a 'state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not…”

On the recordApril 17, 1979
Health is defined by the World Health Organization as a 'state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.'
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Proclamation 4658—Older Americans Month, 1979

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