1 Very well, thank you ...'
A under the weather ...' Two stock answers which hide some difficult questions.
What is health and illness? How much does our definition depend on our personality, the age and even the country in which we live?
A five-part enquiry by GORDON SNELL
1: Compared to Our Grand-parents
GORDON SNELL talks to PROFESSOR MARGOT JEFFREYS , director of the Social Research Unit at Bedford College, London. Producer HUGH PURCELL