Salutogenesis: The book’s editors discuss possible futures

Abstract

The last chapter in the book is formed as a discussion among the editors of the future of salutogenesis. Four fundamental questions about the development of the salutogenic orientation and basic ideas are discussed. The questions are: •Is the future work on salutogenesis is in need of an explicit definition of “health” •Do we think that salutogenesis is important to positive health developments, and not only to cope with stressful life situations? Can salutogenesis be lifted out of the misery thinking about health? •Antonovsky made a proposition years ago. Salutogenesis should be a theory for HP? Why has not this happened? How can salutogenesis be more than an idea at the edge of the universe? •Is there a future for salutogenesis in disciplines or in interdisciplinarity? •Is there salutogenesis without sense of coherence? Is the sense of coherence without salutogenesis?