Biomedical and social models

6 important questions on Biomedical and social models

What are the determinants of help-seeking behaviour in health?

1. Visibility and familiarity of symptoms
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?

- pathologist conception
- reductionist
- curative
- objective
- mind/body
- territories
- treatment

What is the pathologist conception?

The disease is a central piece, and the sole reason for the encounter between professional and patient
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What is mind/body?

There is a mind/body split. The healing task is divided, doctors dealing with the body, soma and psychiatrists or psychologists dealing with the psychological side

What are 5 characteristics of the biopsicosocial model?

- health and disease is a continuum
- 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?

- health belief model
-  rational choice model
- social-network/episode model

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