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16 Cards in this Set
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Medicalziation |
the process by which problems or issues not traditionally seen as medical come to be framed as much |
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sick role |
concept describing the social rights and obligations to a sick individual. |
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morbidity |
illness in a general sense |
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mortality |
death |
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Why do doctors have a great amount of social power, political power and prestige? |
They offer a universally valued product (health and longetivity), Theres a limited number of doctors due to extensive education. |
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Talcott parsons |
developed the concept of the "Sick role". However the concept is very individualistic and does not take into account how social conditions can affect a persons health. |
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illness is a _________ |
social construct, what it means to be sick (or healthy) has changed throughout history and differs from on place to another |
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four main types of health care coverage in the untied states are__________________________________ |
free for service, health maintence organizations (HMO's), medicare and medicaid |
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Discrepancies in health include include |
race, (whites have the best outcome overall), there are significant differences between whites and blacks with the same income and education. (racsim plays a role in peopel's overall health) |
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three theories that explain higher SES have better health, |
selection theory, drift explanation and social determinate theory |
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selection theory |
the connection between low income and poorer health has mediating factors. For instance, other factors like genetics might affect both socioeconomic status and health. |
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the drift explanation |
states that there is a connection between income and health. if you have poor health you might be less likely to find gainful employment. |
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social determinants theory |
states that social status can determine a persons health |
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DSM (diagnostic and statistical manual) |
provides a standard categorization of mental disorders and their definition. |
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Who lives longer women or men? |
women do in the united states. many differences in mortality are linked to specific illness (heart disease, cancer) both are which are more likely to afflict men than women. |
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There have been a significant increase in the use of |
pharmaceuticals to treat mental illness |
