Illness Behaviour Flashcards
Which three conditions consume the largest share of CCG spending?
Mental Health
Coronary Heart Disease
Cancer
How does a functionalist view an ill person (adopting ‘sick role’?
Sickness is deviance because you stop contributing to society
Rights:
- to be exempt from certain activities and responsibilities
- not to be held responsible for sickness
- to expect assistance from others
Obligations:
- desire to get out of ‘sick role’ as quick as possible
- seek appropriate care and comply with advice given
What is medicalisation thesis?
Medical profession is defining more and more conditions and behaviours as medical issues that require intervention - extending power and dominance over our lives
What is iatrogenesis?
Harmful and detrimental effects of medical interventions
Three types:
1. Clinical iatrogenesis
- Social iatrogenesis
- Cultural iatrogenesis
What is clinical iatrogenesis?
Direct harm from treatments, medical accidents or negligence
10% of in-patients suffer some form of clinical iatrogenesis
What is social iatrogenesis?
Medicalisation promotes blind belief in medical expertise and consumption of medical products - people no longer take responsibility for their health
what is cultural iatrogenesis?
Medicalisation robs people of their ability to cope with ‘normal’ conditions that cause pain or suffering - turn to medical treatment because ‘unable to suffer their own reality’
Experiences once seen as a normal part of life (childbirth, pregnancy, unhappiness, ageing, dying) have now been brought under medical scrutiny and control
According to ‘Biographical Disruption’, what are the three levels of disruption caused by chronic illness?
- Sense of identity
- Future plans
- Everyday life
What are the three stages of the self-regulatory model of illness behaviour?
- Interpretation
- Coping
(meaning, mastery and self-enhancement) - Appraisal
(is coping strategy working?)
