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
state some causes of disability
non communicable communicable trauma congenital alcohol/drugs/tobacco malnutrition
what are the two models of disability ?
social
medical
what is the medical model of disability ?
the disability is due to intrinsic pathology of disease
by treated the disease the disability will be resolved
increases stigmatism and negative thoughts towards disability
what is the social model of disability ?
the disability is due to an extrinsic factor
helps reduce limitations people may experience
focuses on social and physical environment that causes problems for people
what is vulnerability?
ability to resist disease and repair damage
state some activity limitation prevention ?
disability car parking spaces guide dogs introduce ramps into public buildings utility bills in braille audio guides in museums public education free adjustments in homes
what is participation restrictions?
disadvantage experienced in society due to disability
what is activity limitation?
changed functional performance
what are the three models of stress?
psychological
bioengineering
medico physiological
