Iatrogenesis Flashcards
When and who presented it
1976, Ivan Illich
What are the 3 types of Iatrogenesis?
Clinical,
Social,
Cultural
What type of Iatrogenesis is: health contracted in hospital or caused by medical treatment
Examples
Clinical.
Medication side effects, dependence on prescription drugs, cross infection such as MRSA
Which type of Iatrogenesis is:loss of coping and right to self care resulting from medicalised daily life.
What examples of resulting affect
Social
Hypochondriacs, consumers of curative, preventable, industrialised and environmental medication.
What type of Iatrogenesis is: the loss of means whereby people cope with pain and suffering, resulting from the unrealistic expectations generated by medicine?
What does it cause
Cultural
Culture is over medicalised Drs assume the role of priests, political and social problems enter the medical domain
Inadvertent and preventable introduction of disease or complication by medical treatment or procedures by medical staff
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