Medical Approach - Unit 3 Flashcards
What is the medical approaches aim?
Reduce morbidity and mortality
What does the medical approach seek to increase?
Medical intervention
What is the medical approaches main focus?
Preventative measures
Examples of preventative measure?
Immunisation
Screening
What are some positives of the medical approach?
Expert led
Medically sound scientific research
History of success
Why does medical approach being expert led make it good?
Public trust the doctors and health care workers so uptake is good
Why does medical approach having success make it good?
Successful smallpox vaccine programme practically eradicated the disease
What about having medically sound evidence make it good?
The flu vaccine is medically proven to prevent deaths due to flu in vulnerable groups such as elderly
What are some negatives of the medical approach?
Fear among side effects
Expensive to run
Ignores holisitic person
What do people fear with medical approach?
MMR is linked with autism
What makes it expensive to run?
Breast screening for all women over age of 50
How does it ignore the holistic person?
Focuses on physical aspects of health rather that overall wellbeing including self esteem and sense of autonomy
