Biomedical and social models
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What are the determinants of help-seeking behaviour in health?
2. The extent to which symptoms are perceived as dangerous
3. The frequency and persistence of symptoms
4. The threshold of tolerance of the individual
5. The extent to which symptoms disrupt family, work and other social activities
6. Available information, knowledge and understanding of such information
7. Other needs competing with responses to disease
8. The availability of treatment (proximity, cost, etc.)
9. Denial of symptoms
What are 7 characteristics of the biomedical model?
- reductionist
- curative
- objective
- mind/body
- territories
- treatment
What is the pathologist conception?
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What is mind/body?
What are 5 characteristics of the biopsicosocial model?
- there are other options
- diagnosis
- the doctor-patient relationship
- the professional as a facilitator
What are 3 complementary models to the biomedical and biopsicosocial models?
- rational choice model
- social-network/episode model
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