Reflections on definitions of concepts of health and illness tend to be always current and relevant, as they reveal, at different times, what societies tend to value positively and negatively, and are important categories on the demand of social norms to life. We believe that Canguilhem and Winnicott are authors who insist on the relational, and not essential character of processes that defines states of health and disease, besides emphasizing discussions about what would be the healthy individual. Thus, we propose a general objective to promote a study on the theories of these authors, specifically examining the concepts that advocate the subject of health, as well as investigating some connections between both theories and then discuss the possibility of the Canguilhemian concept of vital normativity to bring potentialities and new contributions to a Winnicottian clinical practice.
health; environment; normativity; maturation