Chap 19 Key Terms Sociology

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acute disease

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diseases that occur suddenly and cause a dramatic decline in daily functioning or even death.

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chronic diseases

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diseases that develop and exist over a long period of time, sometime beginning at birth.

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direct-free system

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a system of health care in which people pay for their health care at the time of receiving treatment.

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health

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a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being.

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health care

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any activity that intends to improve health.

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health maintenance organization HMO

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a system of providing comprehensive health care with an emphasis on prevention in exchange for payment of a regular fee

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infant mortality

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the death of a child within a year of its birth.

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managed care

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any system of health care that closely monitors and controls decisions by health care providers about treatment and patient services in an attempt to contain costs.

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medicalization

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the process by which nonmedical problems come to be defined and treated as an illness

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medicine

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an institutionalized system providing for the prevention, diagnosis, and treament of illness and the improvement of health

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mortality rate

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the rate of death among a population

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sick role

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a pattern of behavior and attitudes defined as appropriate for people who are ill.

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social epidemiology

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the study of how health and disease are distributed among the members of a society.