What Is Normal? Flashcards

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Give an example of statistical normality

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Anything with a normal Gaussian distribution, e.g. ‘Normal’ ranges quoted with upper and lower values

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2
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Give an example of optimal normality

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BMI, Recommended Vitamin D range

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3
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Give an example of social normality

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Reference to social ‘norms’, e.g. Acceptable dress codes, sexuality

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4
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How do ideas of normality apply to how we think about illness, disease, and sickness?

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Illness: personal, subjective experience of feelings
Disease: pathological process - objective. Deviation from biological norm
Sickness: social role assigned to people perceived to be ill

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5
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What 3 factors contribute to the WHO definition of Health?

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Physical
Mental
Social

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6
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What are the two broad models of ‘Health’?

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Medical and Social

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7
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Outline the key points of the medical model

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Health stems from biology
Health is absence of disease
Disease caused by pathological changes
Medicine’s role is to cure disease

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Outline the key points of social model

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Health is a social construct
Ill health caused by social/cultural factors, not just biological
Can have a disease but still consider oneself healthy

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9
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What are the main criticisms of the medical model of health?

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Most power in hands of doctor
Chronic/degenerative conditions with no simple biological cause or cure don’t fit well
Social factors do count

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10
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What are the 4 main ways people think about their health?

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Health as absence of illness
Health as functional ability
Health as equilibrium
Health as freedom

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11
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What are the three ways of considering normality?

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Statistical
Optimal
Social

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