Contemporary Examples

Question 1

Clinical iatrogenisis examples

Answer 1

OxyContin
-1% of Americans addicted
-Agressively marketed
-People turned to strong drugs such as Heroin to fulfill their addiction for OxyContin after it was made harder to obtain by the FCA
Infected blood scandal (1980)
-Shortage of blood in UK
-America offered people money to donate blood
-This attracted drug addicts, prisoners and homeless people who were carriers for diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C
-3,000 people died

Question 2

Cultural Iatrogenisis

Answer 2

Chinese herbal medicines have been tested by western medicine and ‘disproved’
E.g Homeopathy

Question 3

Complimenatry model

Answer 3

CBD
Homeopathy

Question 4

The ‘Ideal body’ is culturally subjective

Answer 4

-Light skin in Asia is deemed most beautiful, whitening creams are very popular
-Dark, tanned skin is deemed most beautiful in the UK and other western countries, self tanner is popular.

1920s- Hourglass body, curvier shape
1990s- Kate Moss, VS models, thin is ideal
2020s- BBLs

Question 5

Ethnic groups having higher morbidity than others

Answer 5

Sickle-cell anemia is most common in people of African Origin

Question 6

Commodification of the body

Answer 6

Sex workers
Porn industry

Question 7

Medicalisation of the body

Answer 7

Surgeries (Turkey)
Ozempoc

Question 8

How does society disable people?

Answer 8

Inaccessibility
-50/270 London tube stations are fully accessible

Question 9

Erasion of disabled people

Answer 9

Rosa May Billinghurst
-Prominent disabled suffragette

Question 10

Sick Role

Answer 10

Paid Sick Leave
Expectation to seek medical help

Question 11

Eval of Sick Role

Answer 11

Drug addiction is not given the Sick Role
-Some illnesses are seen as more important than others e.g Cancer
Mental Health not taken as serious

Question 12

Doctors who have miss-used the trust of patients

Answer 12

Dr Harold Shipman
-Killed 200+ patients
-Enjoyed controlling life and death
Lucy Letby
-Killed babies in the pregnancy ward