Healthcare Flashcards
How health links to development:
A country’s _____ correlates with its level of _____.
_______ wealth = _____ for ______ to access ________.
_______ wealth = ______ levels of _______ more ________.
__________ = improved ________ & _________ - given to countries that adopt _____________.
a) wealth, health
b) individual, easier, people, healthcare
c) national, decent, nutrition, available
d) development, sanitation, water supply, neoliberal programs
Give an example of how health issues change as a country develops.
UK - Victorian times saw people focus on avoiding deadly diseases, now it’s more superficial problems.
HEALTHCARE IN LICs - In __________ Africa, ___% of deaths are the result of ________ diseases & causes related to _____ and ________.
a) Sub-Saharan
b) 65%
c) infectious
d) birth
e) maternity
HEALTHCARE IN LICs - Diseases often effect _______ and _______ as they’re weakened by _________.
______ are rifer in areas that lack _______, clean ______ & ________.
a) children
b) women
c) malnutrition
d) disease
e) healthcare
f) water
g) sanitation
HEALTHCARE IN LICs - Victims of _______ are more likely to ____/suffer _________ consequences.
The number of _____ accidents increases with ____ ownership but in LICs, victims don’t get ______ & ________ treatment.
a) trauma
b) die
c) long-term
d) road
e) car
f) prompt
g) effective
HEALTHCARE IN LICs - There is no financial _________ to work in LICs, hence the ‘_____ _____’ of doctors and ______ to the ______.
a) incentive
b) ‘brain drain’
c) nurses
d) North
HEALTHCARE IN HICs - __% of ______ are the result of infectious ________ & causes related to _____ & ________.
Most deaths are ___________ medical ________ ie ______, occurring the _______ a person lives.
a) 5%
b) deaths
c) diseases
d) birth
e) maternity
f) non-infectious
g) conditions
h) cancer
i) longer
What is the neoliberal perspective on providing healthcare to developing countries?
Provides stronger workers, allowing the rich to gain more - this is good.
What is the marxist perspective on providing healthcare to developing countries? (2)
A healthy workforce supports capitalism economically - this is bad.
The alternative = no healthcare weakens people & workforce shrinks so wages must increase.
What is the modernisation perspective on providing healthcare to developing countries?
They prefer mass consumption and cheap labour. If they’re workforce is unwell, they’ll produce less.
What is the dependency perspective on providing healthcare to developing countries? (2)
Developing countries adopt western lifestyles that worsen health.
There’s a lack of funding for medical research to improve health in the South; research focuses on Northern lifestyles/pursuits.
