Is the WHO Definition of Health Aging Well? Frameworks for “Health” After Three Score and Ten

Is the WHO Definition of Health Aging Well? Frameworks for “Health” After Three Score and Ten Cara Kiernan Fallon PhD, MPH, and Jason Karlawish MD Affiliation Cara Kiernan Fallon is with the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Jason Karlawish is with the Departments of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Cara Kiernan Fallon, Fellow in Advanced Biomedical Ethics, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, 1429 Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (e-mail: cara.fallon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.CONTRIBUTORSBoth authors conceptualized the article. C. K. Fallon wrote the first draft, and both authors made revisions and gave final approval of the article. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305177 Accepted: May 09, 2019 Published Online: July 03, 2019