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17 Cards in this Set
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biomedical model
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is a model of illness that sees the cause of illness as located in the organs and systems of the body.
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lifestyle model
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see the cause of illness as located in lifestyle decisions such as smoking and wearing seat belts.
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environmental/social structural model
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sees illness as originating in the physical environment through, for instance, polluted water or position in the social structure such as poverty.
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Ottawa Charter
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is an influential statement of goals for health promotion originating in a conference in Ottawa in 1986.
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risk society
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is a 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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is a term associated first with the Ottawa Charter which refers to the enactment of social conditions that encourage health.
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wait times
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refers to a popular measure of the success of our medical care system in terms of how long people have to wait for appointments.
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home care
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is the provision of some medical, nursing and living services in homes to prevent (ongoing) hospitalization private/public debate refers to the opposing views regarding how much of health care ought to be paid for by taxes and how much ought to be paid for by the sick.
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globalization
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refers to the increasingly complex and integrated links amongst all of the nations of the world. This is often considered to be based on economic links in the first instance.
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Primary Health Care
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is basic health care at a local level.
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medical tourism
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refers to the seeking of medical care outside of the country of origin of the patient.
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managed care
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refers to medical care that is provided with the oversight of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) usually in the US.
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inverse care
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refers to the situation in which the wealthiest countries use the greatest amount of health care.
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Impoverishing care
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refers to medical care that causes impoverishment to the sick and their families.
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Fragmented and fragmenting care
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is medical care that does not provide integrated services.
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Unsafe care
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is medical care that is unsafe and thus iatrogenic.
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Misdirected care
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is care directed away from essential care to specialty care.
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