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Week One Flashcards

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What is policy

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It is everywhere and not always written down policy can also be a no decesion and intent doesn’t always = results

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What are three things that make up policy

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Structures Process and Outcomes

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What is publicy policy

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A course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities usually adressing a given problem or inter-related sets of problems

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What is public policy anchored in

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A set of beliefs

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What is health policy a sub set for

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Public Policy

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What is policy rehtoric

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It is usually making policy sound like a choice between two options it can make policy sound similar and that there unified situation

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What is policy reality

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It does exisit in a vaccum and is actually supported by numerous actors and there are mutiple people that are involved

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How do we end up with existing policies

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A combination of poltical, economic, socio-cultural and administrative

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What are the two ways to sort policy analyses

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Consensus and Conflict

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What is consensus policy theory and what does it focus on

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Choices are based on cost and benefits and evidence it is made using rational consideration of alternative courses and focuses on small improvements that can be made to improve existing service s

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What does the consensus policy theory put an emphasis on

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Techincal issues day-day orginzation not much about the forces econimcal poltical or social

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What does consensus policy theory neglect

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Ideology values and power and mises the big picture can be known as the nuts and blots lense

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What is conflict/ critical policy theory

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Broader issues in the organization and development of policy debates social class poltics inequalties in power acknowledges power differntial

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What is the conflict policy lens also known as

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Socio cultural economic lens

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What are the four approachs to health by social theory

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Medical approach
Behavioural/Lifestyle
Socio-Environmental
Structural Critical approach

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What is the medical approach releated to which social theory

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Medical approach based on individual based or micro is realted to positivism

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What is the behavioural/ lifestyle approach

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Structural Functionalism

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What is the socio environmental approach related to what theory

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Interpretivism

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What is the structural/Critical approach related to what theory

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Critical theory and poltical economy

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What is positivism

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Only authentic knowledge is scientific so information is always coming from a scientific method it follows a bottom up approach

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What is structural functionalism

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Follows a positivist notion of knowledge and methodology views society as parts that function together to create overall societal effectivenss for they system to work the society must share norms and values

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What is herd immunity

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What the herd can do for the rest of its member this can be an example

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What is interpretivism

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It is the critique of positivism it values personal perspectivies human experiences are also valid not just scientific approachs it is a socio-environmental approach as it emphasizes lived experiences

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What is hermeneutics

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How individuals understnad themselves through shared system of meaning

25
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What are the challenges with interpretivism

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It is hard to understand which view is correct because all views are considered equal

26
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What is critical theory

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Sturctures and processes that are hidden and ignored by positivites looks at inequalties and injustices not just understand it but critique it and the distrbution of power and who can enact change

27
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What did martsolf and thomas say

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Positions on key public policy issues are driven by largely implicit and unarticulated philosophical presupposition that guide individuals notions of the nature of government individuals moral obligations to each other how society assesses quality of life and what it means to eb a community

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Can philosophy be ignored in policy

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NO

29
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What is epistemology

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It is how we understand the world this knowledge is uslaly generated throughout history

30
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What is ontology

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The study of existence the thing and the problem has to exisit

31
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What is the two main objectives of the lalonde report

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Health care system and prevention of health problems and promotion of good health

32
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What are the four aspects of the laonde report

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Human biology
Environment
Lifestyle
Health care organizaiton

33
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What is the difference between medical and health care

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Identify and understand disease biological and consensus where health care is health status (who defention) socially constructed and crtical

34
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Is health a social construct

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YES

35
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What is the social construction of illness

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WHO is saying that people who are missing an aspect arent healthy there also is a cultural meaning to the illnesses along with a social aspect what is considered a normal can change based on societal values

36
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What are the three things that Schiff said

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Cognitive which is what you have learned
Affective physiological realtion
Behavioural changes your behaviour

37
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What is decision theory

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A person is guided by beliefs and desires/values you have what rules should guide these decesions

38
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What is prefrence attidues

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A combination of these attidues beliefs desires and values

39
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What are minimal rationality

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A basic standard of rationality prefrences should be logically consitent and reflect one behaviour and values

40
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What is ideology

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Seen as packages of positions when combined create an optimal state for society rooted in fundenmental beliefs usually used to denote the beliefs attitudes and opinions of those with whom we disagree with more of political approach

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What is the difference between worldview and ideology

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World view is assumptions about physical and social reality that could have powerful effect on cognition and behavior ideaoly is more a political and socio-ecnomic beliefs vlaues and symbolism and used to weild power

42
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What is normative ethics

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What is right and what is wrong and what is a good decision and bad this is regardless of ideology

43
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What are ethical principles

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Prescriptive offer recommendations for moral action these are not values health professionals operate on them

44
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What makes a good action or decision

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Justice- fairness intrinsic value=moral standing and procedural justice
and ethical choices choices and actions

45
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What are the three ethical choices and actions

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Deontology
Consequentialism
Virture ethics

46
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What is virture ehtics

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Focuses more on who a person is then action based good people create good societies and good decesion

47
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What are three aspects to create health care

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compassion
Honesty and morally correct actions

48
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What is antithesis

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It is important who decies what is good example german war time

49
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What is consequentialism or teleology

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The correct action is identified based on the extent to which they promote more happiness than uhapiness for the greatest number of people health care people make decisions based on best intrest of a particular collective of patients

50
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Is the ratio of unhappy to happy always consistent

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NO

51
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What is deontology or duty based

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Every person has an inherent diginity and value what is right or wrong vs the consequences of the action you have to do the right thing even if it produces a bad result

52
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What is an example of deontology or duty based

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Hippocratic oath and the universal declaration of human rights

53
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What are ethical principles

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Principlisim
Casuistry
Feminist Approaches
Personalism and ethics of care

54
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What is principlism

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Responded to the failing of the theories above autonomy justice beneficence non-maleficne

55
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What are examples of principlisim

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Helsinki declaration belmort report development of different health systems

56
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What is casuistry

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Essentially the case law of ethics it views previous cases to determine how to go about certain situations

57
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what is feminist approaches

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Skeptical towards traditional ethical concepts it is around compassion freddom and equalty the belmont report

58
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What is personalism and ethics of care

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On human diginity and subjectivity cannot be reduced to material objects and natural instinct compassion sympathy empathy and kindness need information to promote decision making enable staff and patient participation

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