Week 3: Illness, Health, and the Social/Medical models of Disability Flashcards

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Argues that good health and effective medical care are essential for the smooth functioning of society. Patients must perform the “sick role” in order to be perceived as legitimately ill and to be exempt from their normal obligations.

The physician-patient relationship is hierarchical: The physician provides instructions, and the patient needs to follow them

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Structural Functionalist

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The extent of a person’s physical, mental, and social well-being

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Health

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3
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The social institution that seeks to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness and to promote health in its various dimensions

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Medicine

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4
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The provision of medical services to prevent, diagnose, and treat health problems

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Health care

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Argues that social inequality characterizes the quality of health and the quality of health care.

People from disadvantaged social backgrounds are more likely to become ill and to receive inadequate health care. Partly to increase their incomes, physicians have tried to control the practice of medicine and to define social problems as medical problems

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Conflict Theory

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Health and illness are social constructions: Physical and mental conditions have little or no objective reality but instead are considered healthy or ill conditions only if they are defined as such by a society. Physicians “manage the situation” to display their authority and medical knowledge

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Symbolic Interactionist

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7
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How many people in the world have HIV/AIDS?

Where do most of them live?

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~34 Million, with almost two-thirds living in sub-Saharan Africa

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8
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What is the infant mortality rate for the poorest nations of the world?

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70/1000 children die before their 1st birthday

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9
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The society we live in can affect the length of our lifespan by up to how long?

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25 years

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10
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Of twenty-four wealthy democracies from North America, Western Europe, and certain other parts of the world , the United States has the lowest ____________

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Life expectancy

Highest infant mortality rate

Highest obesity rate

Adult diabetes rate

Rate of HIV/AIDS

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How are American physicians paid?

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by a “Fee-for-service” model. They are paid for every procedure they do, as oppose to a salary.

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12
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This model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organized, rather than by someone’s impairment

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Social Model of Disability

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This model looks at what is ‘wrong’ with the person, not what the person needs. It creates low expectations and leads to people losing independence, choice and control in their lives.

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Medical Model of Disability

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14
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What award was Stella nominated for during her childhood?

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Community Achievement Award

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15
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How many Canadians reported to have a disability in 2012?

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3.8 Million (13.7% of Canadians)

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16
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This view argues that good health is considered the normal, desirable state of an individual; it allows a person to be active and productive, which benefits society

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Structural Functionalist

17
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This view argues that health inequalities are largely the result of income, economic, and social inequalities exposing vulnerable populations to harm, hindering or blocking access to medical services

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Conflict Theory

18
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Argues that health and illness vary from one society to another and are constructed by groups that reflect their own needs, values, and beliefs.

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Symbolic Interactionist

19
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The relationship between social, economic, and political factors and health outcomes.

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Social determinants of health

20
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What are ten key social determinants of health, as recognized in 2002 by York University professionals?

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  1. Early Life
  2. Education
  3. Food Security
  4. Housing
  5. Employment security and work conditions
  6. Income inequality
  7. Social exclusion
  8. Aboriginal status
  9. Social safety net
  10. Health-care services