Health Flashcards
1
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Social Determinants of Health
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beyond the purview of mainstream medicine; race class gender sexuality lifestyle social network
2
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Medicalization
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process by which problems or issues not traditionally seen as a medical come to be framed as such
3
Q
Sick Role
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concepts describing the social rights and obligations of a sick individual
4
Q
Morbidity
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illness in a general sense
5
Q
Mortality
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death
6
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Sociology of Mental Health
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drugs developed, asylums closed, deinstitutionalization process, difficult to navigate medical world
7
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US Health Care System
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controlled by providers and insurers; Obamacare=private insurance
8
Q
Inelastic Demand
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when a product has no demand ceiling so price can increase
