This paper discusses an approach to health for preventing illness rather than
trying to repair the body after it breaks down. Considerations of stress and
health habits (life styles) are integrated with an understanding of how stress
operates in modern organizations and what it can do to organizational
members. Two impact studies are described that suggest that training in stress
and life-style management has a positive outcome in a significant number of
cases. Finally, a protective health-management paradigm is suggested.
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