Revision Flashcards
what are the 4 features of the sick role?
exempt from social roles
not responsible for illness
must try to get better
must such medical help and cooperate
state the 4 lay health beliefs?
age - physical strength and functional ability
gender - females more likely to seek help
ethnicity - different cultures define heath differently
social class - lower social classes may not have access to gym or healthy food compared to higher social classes
what are 4 factors defining community?
geography - area
culture - traditions
social stratification - working class
functional group - students, teachers
state the 6 social classes
professional managerial skilled non manual skilled manual partial skilled unskilled
state the 3 doctor patient relationships
mutual participation
guidance /cooperative
authoritarian/ paternalistic
how many patients does one GP have?
1200-2000
what % of the population visits the GP monthly?
12%
what is culture?
system of shared beliefs and ideas that underlie a group of humans
what is ethnicity ?
cultural practises and outlooks that characteristic a certain group
what is the deep end study ?
50% of patients in glasgow live in the most deprived areas
what are the three interview skills?
content - substance said
perceptual - clinical reasoning
process - verbal/non verbal skills
what two factors affect medical uptake ?
medical
- new onset of symptoms, visibility of symptoms, severity of symptoms, functional effect
non medical
- access, gender, age, education, beliefs, religion, social class, employment
what three things can illness impact?
individual - guilt, self pity, denial
family - financial and emotional burden
society - loneliness, isolation
what are the three types of problem solving ?
pattern recognition
hypothetico deductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
what are the three classifications of disability?
body and structure
activity limitation
participation restriction