Week 3: Illness, Health, and the Social/Medical models of Disability Flashcards
Argues that good health and effective medical care are essential for the smooth functioning of society. Patients must perform the “sick role” in order to be perceived as legitimately ill and to be exempt from their normal obligations.
The physician-patient relationship is hierarchical: The physician provides instructions, and the patient needs to follow them
Structural Functionalist
The extent of a person’s physical, mental, and social well-being
Health
The social institution that seeks to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness and to promote health in its various dimensions
Medicine
The provision of medical services to prevent, diagnose, and treat health problems
Health care
Argues that social inequality characterizes the quality of health and the quality of health care.
People from disadvantaged social backgrounds are more likely to become ill and to receive inadequate health care. Partly to increase their incomes, physicians have tried to control the practice of medicine and to define social problems as medical problems
Conflict Theory
Health and illness are social constructions: Physical and mental conditions have little or no objective reality but instead are considered healthy or ill conditions only if they are defined as such by a society. Physicians “manage the situation” to display their authority and medical knowledge
Symbolic Interactionist
How many people in the world have HIV/AIDS?
Where do most of them live?
~34 Million, with almost two-thirds living in sub-Saharan Africa
What is the infant mortality rate for the poorest nations of the world?
70/1000 children die before their 1st birthday
The society we live in can affect the length of our lifespan by up to how long?
25 years
Of twenty-four wealthy democracies from North America, Western Europe, and certain other parts of the world , the United States has the lowest ____________
Life expectancy
Highest infant mortality rate
Highest obesity rate
Adult diabetes rate
Rate of HIV/AIDS
How are American physicians paid?
by a “Fee-for-service” model. They are paid for every procedure they do, as oppose to a salary.
This model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organized, rather than by someone’s impairment
Social Model of Disability
This model looks at what is ‘wrong’ with the person, not what the person needs. It creates low expectations and leads to people losing independence, choice and control in their lives.
Medical Model of Disability
What award was Stella nominated for during her childhood?
Community Achievement Award
How many Canadians reported to have a disability in 2012?
3.8 Million (13.7% of Canadians)
