Midterm Flashcards
How does capacity effect consent
If the patient has so,‘em kind of mental disability
Implied consent
Patient is dead and u have to help
Explicit consent
Clear choice by patient
What is GOC
Government of Canada
What is WHO
World Health Organization
Health
Individual/group must be able to identify and to realize aspiration, satisfy needs and changes/cope with enviroment
Illness
Sickness
Disease
Condition, body Physical/mental different than normal
Disability
Different from normal functioning
How can we measure health?
Diet, age, accessibility, cancer diagnoses, medications
Social determinants of health
1) income/social status (strongest)
2) social support networks
3)education and literacy
4) employment and working conditions
5) social environment
-culture, ethnicity, community
6) physical environment
7) personal health practices
8) healthy childhood development
9) biology/genetics endowment
10) health services
11) gender
12). Culture ethnicity
Social determinets of mental health
-freedom from discrimination violence
-social inclusion
-access to economic resources
Tommy Douglas
Father of Canadian healthcare
PHI
Personal health information
PHIPA
Personal health info protection act