4. Social science

Question 1

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 1

1. the theoretical perspectives and methods of enquiry of the sciences concerned with human behavoir

Question 2

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 2

2. illness as a social role;

Question 3

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 3

3. concepts of primary and secondary deviance;

Question 4

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 4

4. stigma and how to tackle it;

Question 5

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 5

5. [impairment], disability and handicap; (The addition of impairment makes it explicit that this section refers to the World Health Organisation conceptualisation of functioning, disability and health which is elaborated by the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

Question 6

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 6

6. social and structural iatrogenesis;

Question 7

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 7

7. role of medicine in society;

Question 8

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 8

8. explanations for various social patterns and experiences of illness including: differences of gender, ethnicity, employment status, age and social stratification

Question 9

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 9

9. the role of social, cultural, psychological and family relationship factors in the aetiology of illness and disease

Question 10

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 10

10. social capital and social epidemiology.

Question 11

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

a) Concepts of health [wellbeing] and illness and aetiology of illness:

Answer 11

[concepts of health and wellbeing] (The addition of the term wellbeing reflects current concerns in relation to health which go beyond the illness state) (This part of the syllabus primarily dealt with illness despite being headed as concepts of health; this addition make explicit the need to consider sociological constructs of health and wellbeing as well as sickness)

Question 12

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

b) Health care:

Answer 12

1. different approaches to health care: including self-care, family care, community care, selfhelp groups

Question 13

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

b) Health care:

Answer 13

2. hospitals as social institutions;

Question 14

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

b) Health care:

Answer 14

3. professions, professionalisation and professional conflicts;

Question 15

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

b) Health care:

Answer 15

4. the role of clinical autonomy in the provision of health care;

Question 16

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

b) Health care:

Answer 16

5. behaviour in response to illness and treatments;

Question 17

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

b) Health care:

Answer 17

6. psychology of decision-making in health behaviour.

Question 18

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 18

1. concepts of need and social justice;

Question 19

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 19

2. priorities and rationing;

Question 20

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 20

3. balancing equity and efficiency;

Question 21

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 21

4. consumerism and community participation;

Question 22

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 22

5. public access to information;

Question 23

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 23

6. user and carer involvement in service planning;

Question 24

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 24

7. problems of policy implementation;

Question 25

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 25

8. principal approaches to policy formation;

Question 26

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 26

9. appreciation of concepts of power, interests and ideology;

Question 27

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 27

10. inequalities in the distribution of health and health care and its access, including inequalities relating to socio-economic position, gender, culture and ethnicity and their causes

Question 28

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 28

11. migration, and the health effects of international trade; [health and social effects of migration] (This addition makes it more explicit that it is the health and social effects of migration which are
    of concern)

Question 29

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 29

12. international [global] influences on health and social policy; (This addition makes it explicit that global as well as local influences on health and social policy
    are of concern)

Question 30

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 30

13. critical analysis of investment in health improvement, and the part played by economic development and global organisations

Question 31

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

c) Equality, equity and policy:

Answer 31

3. prioritisation frameworks and equity of service provision; (This addition makes more explicit the issues of concern covered in the later section ?inequalities in health, health care and access to health care.?)

Question 32

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 32

1. principles of health economics including: the notions of scarcity, supply and demand, marginal analysis, distinctions between need and demand, oppurtunity costs, margins, efficiancy and equity [discounting, time horizons] (The addition of these two central economic principles makes it explicit that they are required
   knowledge)

Question 33

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 33

2. assessing performance;

Question 34

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 34

3. financial resource allocation;

Question 35

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 35

4. systems of health and social care and the role of incentives to achieve desired end-points;

Question 36

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 36

5. techniques of economic appraisal including: cost-effectiveness analysis and modeling, cost-utility analysis, option appraisal and cost benefit analysis, the measurement of health benefit and terms of QALYS and related measures

Question 37

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 37

6. marginal analysis;

Question 38

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 38

7. decision analysis;

Question 39

4. Medical Sociology, Social Policy and Health Economics

d) Health economics:

Answer 39

8. the role of economic evaluation and priority setting in health care decision making including the cost effectiveness of public health, and public health intercentions and involvment