Health and Healthcare Flashcards
What is Medicalization?
Process whereby a condition becomes defined & treated by society as a physical or psychological illness”
What is medicine?
‘Institutionalized system for diagnosis, treatment & prevention of illness.’
What is health care?
‘Any activity intended to improve health’
What is a health care system?
Facilities like hospitals & clinics that treat illness
What is the World Health Organization definition of health?
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being [and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Health of any group is a product of the interaction of many factors. What are these factors?
- Physiological -Psychological
- Cultural -Social
- Historical -Spiritual
- Emotional -Ecological
What are the Causes of Illness & Death?
- Human-environmental factors
- Lifestyle factors
- Factors related to public health systems and health care systems
What are the Human-environmental factors that cause illness and death?
- Major health risks arise from human activity
- Divisions = big differences in place people work and live…
What are the Lifestyle factors that cause illness and death?
- Non-physiological factors cause problems
- Smoking, excessive use of alcohol and drugs, poor diet, lack of exercise, and social isolation
Why do factors related to public health systems and health care systems cause illness and death?
Because a nation’s health depends partly on public and private efforts to improve people’s well-being and treat their illnesses
What is the best predictor of overall health?
Socio-economic status
What is a disability?
A physical or mental problem that keeps people from performing within range of “normal” human activity.
What does it mean to be impaired?
Impaired people have a deficiency in physical or mental capacity
What are the two problems with the definition of disability?
- Determination of “normal” and “deficient” is subjective.
2. Focuses on individual people instead of society & its institutions
What is the consequence of the social model of disability?
consequence of needless barriers erected by society that prevent people from self-actualization
