Year 3: Health Inequalities and Third Sector Seminar Flashcards
What is sociology ?
The study of the development, structure and functioning of human society
How does sociology apply to healthcare ?
Sociology studies peoples’ interactions with those engaged in medical occupations e.g. healthcare professional-patient relationships
Sociology studies the way people make sense of illness e.g. illness versus disease
Sociology studies the behaviour and interactions of health care professionals in their work setting e.g. professional values, interactions between health care professionals and other health care staff
How does the sick role effect the patient ?
The sick role exempts ill people from their daily responsibilities.
Patient is not responsible for being ill and is regarded as unable to get better without the help of a professional
Patient must seek help from a healthcare professional.
Patient is under a social obligation to get better as soon as possible to be able to take up social responsibilities again
How does the sick role effect the healthcare professional ?
Professional must be objective and not judge patients morally.
Professional must not act out of self-interest or greed but put patient’s interests first.
He/she must obey a professional code of practice.
Professional must have and maintain the necessary knowledge and skills to treat patients.
Professional has the right to examine patient intimately, prescribe treatment and has wide autonomy in medical practice.
What is the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) and what is its relation to health?
Constructed to measure the employment relations and conditions of occupations.
A measure and a good predictor of health and educational outcomes.
Employment is not the only determinant of life chances and not the only social influence on health
