definitions module one and two Flashcards
charactaristics of chaos stories
Stories from people who have no distance from their illness- it has consumed them. Endless things going wrong for the person.
charactaristics of restitition stories
associated with recently ill rather than chronically ill
“yesterday i was healthy, but today i am sick, but tomorrow i will be well again”
the stories we ‘ought’ to tell about our illnesses.
charactaristics of quest stories
they provide a clear journey.
They tell what happened, initiation period and then the journey of how they return to how they were.
charactaristics of testimonial stories
pressing you to witness and believe and excluding information that contradicts their key storyline.
what is the definition of disease
deviation from the biological norm
what is the definiton of health
a state of complete physical mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
what is the definition of contested diagnoses
you consider yourself ill but few agree with you
or others think you have a disease but you consider that you’re just a varitation of how to be normal.
what is the definition of illness
variable thing, people think of it in different ways
illness is what we feel when we go visit a doctor and disease is what we have after we go visit the doctors office.
what is the definiton of hirerachies of resort
seeking relief from illness with professionals neither first nor last
what is the definiton of language of distress
it acts as a bridge between the subjective experiences of impared wellbeing and social acknowledgements of them
what is the definiton of health care pluralism
multiple sources of expertise/knowledge of healthcare
definition of healing
resolution of emotional difficulties
coming to terms with disease.
definition of suffering
a state of distress bought on by an actual or percieved threat to the integrity or continued existance of a whole person.
when pain has a purpose it is not suffering
what are the three main stories seen in the olsens reading?
stories of
resistance- biomedical understanding of smoking being addictive
choice- choosing a lower frequence of smoking, use of nicotine patches etc. feeling vicitmised
of happiness- smoking makes the person feel good
what are the connections of suffering and healing to liggins reading?
health care professionals using medical humanities to enhance their practice.
healing is journeying both forwards and backwards, connection and finding meaning.
what is the definition of intersectionality
the enhancement or diminution of our life chances according our biographical atrributes and how they can overlap, cancel and reinforce eachother.
(my definition)- many aspects of your life that contributie to your identity this si changed throughout your life and isnt fixed.
what is the definiton of structural suffering
we see a systematic widespread, predictable inequality of access to those processes that enhance and sustain wellbeing.
what is the social model of disability vs the predicament model of disability
social model- circulating norms about what is appropriate features or measurements for a person to have.
predicament- complex understanding of disability where medical, material as well as social aspects. these merges result in our predicament as to what disability is.
what does biopower mean
a theory of how social power operates, typically used within the medical settings.
what does rhetoric mean in the reading by gaudet?
guadet explores the rhetoric (persuasive power) of two approaches to health improvement.
eg fitbits, how we are being persuded to buy one and how we have been persuaded into 10,000 steps a day is a benchmark that everyone should be reaching
what does a reductive view on the body mean?
viewing the body purely as a scientific machine
definition of indigenous
people inhabiting or existing in a land before the arrival of colinists.
what is UNDRIP
united nations declaration on the rights of indegenous peoples
what are the overarching principles of UNDRIP
all human rights, non-discrimination, self-determination and autonomy, maintanance of indigenous instiutions and the right to a nationality.