The evolution of the semantic perception of the phenomena and processes in the medical and social sphere

This article is devoted to the analysis of the evaluation of the semantic perception of the processes in society, which deal with health, medical services, the quality of life in the period of social transformation at the end of 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. The author finds out the main reasons of changing of society attitude to social and personal health. Based on the analysis of social-philosophic approaches towards understanding the value of health and person’s attitude to his own life and are revealed dynamic of meanings in medical and social sphere, the sources of the formation of modern concepts of the social significance of health. Having justifyed the versatility of the modern understanding of health, which isn’t limited to the studying of the physical condition of the body, but it is also included mental, physic and social well-being, the author relies on the world organization of Health Care (WON), so the health means as a resource of everyday life, not so the health as am. Beyond the boundaries of the definition, those needs remain that are characteristic of a healthy person. In this regard the discussions haven’t been stopping around the concept of health and currently, continuing that many concepts, based on different understanding of the essence of health. Health is priceless as a subjective factor, but it has an economic component from the point of view of social protection. According to the author’s opinion, these factors prove the need for a new social model of medical services for the population. In the historic context the perception of meanings, related to the health and medical service, was formed by each specific epoch of development, manifesting itself in the ideas of the philosophers. Modern sociological science allows us to identity public opinion about medical-social sphere and based on its analysis, to correct the policy in this area, relying on the knowledge of social needs.