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doctrine of specific etiology

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idea that each disease is a result of a particular pathogen or organ malfunction

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machine metaphor

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notion that the body is like a machine in that it has discrete parts operating together in order to function

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medicalization-from-below

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the tendency of people to creatively and idiosycratically resist the powerful medicalization of authorities with competing views of reality

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non-disease

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the non-existent category in medical practice, because doctors disagnose disease and their focus is not on health per se but returing the pateient to that condition

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physical reductionism

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focuses on the physically observeable at the expense of other aspects of the idividual. disregard for social, political, economic causes of illness

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technological imperative

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the concept that technological development precedes social change

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epidemiological perspective of mental illness

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studies the incidnc and prevelance of mental illness according to some social characteristics such as age, gender, social class

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labeling theory of mental illness

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focuses on the idea that mental illness is a diagnosis given to those who deviate from ongoing norms

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allopathic medicine

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doctors practicing within thw western paradigm of medicine who use the cinventional methods of their training to oppose diseas with surgery, raditation, drugs. trying to produce a condition of the body different from the condition essential to the disease

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homeopathic

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'like treats like' rather then opposing disease, highly diluted traces of botanical, mineral and other natural substances are used to stimulate the bodys self healing abilities and to build the bodys defences to promote health. giving the disease to make go away, not opposite

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epidemiology

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study of the causes and distribution of disease

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iatrogenic

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illness of disability that results from medical intervention

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intersubjectivity/reflexivity

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the social scientist is a participant in the very social reality that they are studying. impossible to gather unbiased data

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macro analysis

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focuses on systems, conflict theory, structural functionalism

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mico analysis

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individual mind, slef, interaction and meaning. symbolic interactionist

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medicalization

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more and more of everyday life has come under medicsl dominance, influence and control

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negative case analysis

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a mode of proof which requires that for a hypothesis to be true every single instance myst support the hypothesis

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positivism

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social facts are real and external and can be studied objectively. used with structural-functionalist theory`

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psotivist methodology

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based in the method of the physical sciences. data assumed to be objected is collected from surveys, questionnaires etc.

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drapetomania

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disease defined as causing slaves to run away from their masters

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technological imperative

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the tendency for new techniques to drive social and medical practice

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verstehen

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empathetic understanding, webers basic method

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the sick role

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created by talcott parsons. accounts for the way society organizes behaviour around sickness. two rights and two duties for the sick person

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disease mongering

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creation of new disease for sake of profit

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christian science

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mary baker eddy --> belief that illness is a form of sin

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moral entrepreneur

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someone who intentionally or unwittingly imposes a personal moral paradigm on others, like when the work of a doctor involves moral decision make and patient can be drawn to doctors thinking

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voice of the life world

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referes to the way that patients talk about their lives, bodies and health

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voice of medicine

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refers to the way that doctors talk focuses on physiology, anatomy, pathology and medical treatement

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universaility

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its availability to the whole population, part of medicare for canada, portable as it can move from province to province

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comprehensive coverage

administration

accessibility

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medicare. benefits include all necessary coverage

non-profit basis

accessible to all canadians

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affective neutrality

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the doctor must remain emotionally uninvolved and objective in dealing with patients, according to the requirements for a preofessional identity

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collective rationalization

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in the face of mistakes doctors will band together to provide mutal support and to explain that the error was unavoidable or logical

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collective orientation

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doctors as professionals must be motivated by altruism and a sense of vocation and not by any other considerations

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exclusions

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occupational group to deny the legitimacy of its practice by a different group (allopaths and naturopaths)

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functional specificity

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physicans do not offer advice to patients on non-medical things

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neturalization

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applied to doctors managing of their mistakes by ignoring them, justifying or denying their importance

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universalism

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same standard of care to everyone

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profession of idology

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characterized by a set of belies which determine the practice, and viewpoints of its members

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subordination

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doctors being supported by midwives, nurses, primary care givers.

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limitation

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restricting the sphere of practice of health care professional such as dentists and pharmacists by limiting them to certain areas

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case mix grouping

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a category to which a patient is assigned on the basis of their clinical attributes. patients with same CMG are assumed to require equivalent regimins of care, time and resources

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eugenics

negative

positive

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science of the improvement of the human species by genetic means

selective abortions, eliminate defectives

genetic disorders can be remedied through gene therapy

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doctor-nurse game

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game in which the nurse makes recommendations to the doctor while acting as if the doctor has made it first

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managerial ideology

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assumption that managers must run organizations as efficiently as possible in order to provide adequate service at minimal cost. CMG is an example

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reproductive technology

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full range of bio-medical/technical interventions in the process of procreation, both that produce, prevent or terminate pregnancy. for example ivf

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holistic health care

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health care that attempts to consider the body/mind and spirit as integrated and thus in need of integrated treatment

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naturopathy

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form of holistic health care which assumes that health and illness are both natural components of the total person. body has inherent healing process

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homeopathy

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system of treating illness based on the principle of similars. substances which produce symptoms in healthy people will cure similar symptoms in sick people

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chiropractic

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method of treating disease primarily by manipulation of the spine and extremities

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medical model

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scientific approach ot illness which focuses on the body as a system of integrated sub-systems and disease as a deviation from normal functioning

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antibiotic resistance

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refers to the ineffectiveness of antibiotics developed through the over use of them

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drug detail men and women

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sales representatives of drug companies who visit physicians, pharmacists and hospitals to market their companies' products

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DTC advertising

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direct to consumer advertising, illegal in canada and most parts of the world

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generic name

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name that refers to the active ingredient in the drug which is attributed to it by the World Health Organization

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irrational mixture

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drug which contains a combination of ingredients, some of which have no proven effect against the symptoms being treated and some of which might not be safe

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medical industrial complex

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network of private corporations engaged in supplying medical care for profit. privately run hospitals, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies

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premature adoption of new technology

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refers to the tendency in moder capitalism to begin using new technology before it was adequately tested

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Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialities (CPS)

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reference book sent free to all doctors and published by the canadian pharmaceutical association. never up to date and not accurate

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biomedical model

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a model of illness that sees the cause of illness as located in the organs and systems of the body

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environmental/ social structure model

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see the cause of illness originating in the physical environment through, for instance, polluted water or position in the social structure such as poverty

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lifestyle model

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cause of illness as located in lifestyle decisions such as smoking and wearing seat belts

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risk society

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term coined by Giddens which points to the pervasive experience of risk that is part of modern social life

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health promotion

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enactment of social conditions that encourage health

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globalization

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increasingly complex and integrated links amongst all of the nations in the world

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medical tourism

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seeking of medical care outside of the country of origin of the patient

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home care

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most often done by women. provision of some medical, nuring and living services in home to prevent ongoing hospitalization

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primary health care

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basic health care at local level

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managed care

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medical care that is provided with the oversight of health maintenance organizations usually in the US (HMOs)

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inverse care

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situation in which the wealthiest countries use the greatest amount of health care

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impoverishing care

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medical care that casuses impoverishment to the sick and their families

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unsafe care

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medical care that is unsafe and thus iatrogenic

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fragmenting care

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medical care that does not provide integrated services

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misdirected care

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care directed away from essential care to speciality care