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Introduction to Sociology Applied to Medicine Flashcards

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Definition of sociology

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Study of human social behavior such as the social dynamics of small groups of people, large organisations, institutions and societies

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Definition of social sciences

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Study of society and how people behave and influence the world around us

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Definition of social integration

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Sense of belonging within a group or society

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Definition of social regulation

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Implicit/explicit rules governing behavior

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Definition of egoistic suicide

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Suicide as a result of not enough social integration

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Definition of altruistic suicide

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Suicide as a result of too much social integration where the individual is less important than society
Common during wartime

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Definition of anomic suicide

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Suicide as a result of not enough social regulation

Often in major socioeconomic change (Great Depression, Wall Street Crash)

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Definition of fatalistic suicide

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Suicide as a result of too much social regulation

Often in prisons

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Definition of ethnographic study

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Qualitative method where researchers interact with a study participant in real life environment
Often used in social study

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Definition of institutionalisation

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Loss of social identity, adoption of roles and routines prescribed by asylum

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Definition of macro levels

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Societal workings

Includes inequality, gender, ethnicity

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Definition of meso levels

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Organisational working

Includes trusts, units

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Definition of micro levels

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How people act and interact

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What is sociology

Why is it useful

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Study of all the aspects of human social behavior including the social dynamics of small groups, large organisations, communities and societies

Understanding these principles => improved lives via more effective policies

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What 5 systems can be studied in sociology

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Economic systems
Political systems
Class systems
Health systems
Family systems

The interaction of people within systems is studied

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What is a social science

What are the 5 divisions of social science

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Study of society and how people behave and influence the world around us

  • Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Political sciences
  • Psychology
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What is the difference between sociology and psychology

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Sociology
-look at social groups, organisations and influence of wider SE/political structures

Psychology
-personally, motivation and behavior of individuals

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What were Durkheim’s sociological findings in suicide

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Suicide rates varied by country and social groups
-lower in Catholics than Protestants
-higher in males than females
-higher in unmarried
lower in war than peace
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What are the 2 main social factors that led to suicide

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Social integration

Social regulation

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What were the 4 types of suicide due to social factors

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Egoistic
Altruistic
Anomic
Fatalistic

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What was Durkheim’s conclusion on suicide

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A sociopsychological problem

Social factors can influence overall rates of suicide

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What did Goffman want to do regarding asylums

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Wanted to study and experience what being a psychiatric patient in an asylum was like via an ethnographic study

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What were Goffman’s sociological findings in asylums

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Institutionalisation found among patients
-loss of social identity, adopted roles and routines prescribed by asylum

Asylum provides needs for all patients for long time frame
All treated alike in ‘batch processing’
No rehabilitation or effort to return patients to normal life
V little free will

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What was Goffman’s conclusion on asylums

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Led to the questioning of medical practices
Rise of community psychiatry
Debate on how to treat mental illness
Important to investigate the patient’s perspective

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What are the 3 levels of medical sociology

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Macro level
Meso level
Micro level

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What can you study on a macro level

-how does morbidity differ between different SES, ethnicities and genders

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Societal level

  • Poorer people have higher levels of morbidity
  • Patterns and morbidity levels differ between ethnic minorities and white population
  • gender differences in morbidity/mortality
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What can you study on a meso level in a medical context

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Organisational level and how their operation influences health care delivery and outcomes

How we deliver medical education
What kind of doctors do we produce

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What can you study on a micro level in a medical context

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Personal level and how they act and interact in different contexts and situations

  • professional patient interactions
  • patient experiences
  • patient compliance/adherence

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