What is Health? Flashcards
What is the WHO definition of health?
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
What are the excellence standards promoted by the GMC?
Communication - listening and responding to patients’ concerns and preferences.
Partnership - respect patient’s right to reach decisions with you about their Rx and care.
Teamwork - working effectively with colleagues to deliver safe patient care.
What are the different kinds of normality?
Statistical - middle range of a distribution of values.
Cultural - in line with a rule for a particular social or cultural group in society.
What are the important interview techniques?
Listening and silence.
Facilitation.
What 3 separate activities are involved in a typical medical consultation?
Talking together - always.
Examination - often.
Procedures - sometimes.
What are the 5 major qualities that define positive ideas about health according to David Seedhouse?
Health as:
Ideal state, physical and mental fitness, commodity, personal strength/ability and basis for personal potential.
What are the lay beliefs of health?
How does this compare to professional beliefs?
Absence of disease.
Physical fitness.
Functional ability.
Professional belief sees health as an absence of disease along with the 5 positive ideas set by Seedhouse.
How do lay beliefs of health vary with age?
Older people concentrate on functional ability whereas, younger people speak about physical strength and fitness.
How do lay beliefs vary with social class?
People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds view health as functional - ability to be production, to cope and take care of others.
People from higher socioeconomic backgrounds see health as a more multidimensional thing.
How do lay beliefs vary with gender?
Women tend to find the concept of health more interesting. They also include a social aspect to health.
How does culture affect the way people think about health?
Culture-different perceptions of illness/disease.
Differences in concordance with treatment
What is the Afrocarribean impression of high blood pressure?
Regard it as ‘normal’ and not as an increased risk of stroke/MI.
Less likely to take medications.
What is the importance of understanding the patients views upon health and normality?
Can formulate joint plan about the best way forward in treatment.
Tailor advice so patient can make an informed decision.
Likely to improve patient compliance and therefore, your professional relationship with them.
