Summary: Medical Sociology

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  • 1 health and illness concepts

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  • What is health? What is illness?

    Physical: absence of disease

    Subjective: No symptoms of physical illness
    Behavior: living a healthy lifestyle
    Functional: able to function in day-to-day life
    Social: Able to contribute to society
  • What are the concept of health

    The development of medical and health sciences
    Changes in history
  • What are the health Models

    Medical Model
    Socio-cultural Model
    continuity Model
    Dimensional Model
    Health statut
  • Health Model: Medical Model

    Health is absence of disease, absence of symptoms and signs
  • Health Model: Social cultural model

    -Health is the optimal condition in fulfilment of social roles and tasks 
    - a relative concept ( it depen on your social participation)
    - Health care accomodates in a "relative" way 
  • If the individual is incapable, therefore does not act

    Accepting the role of the patient, the individual is ill
  • Sick role beneficts:

    - Exemption from roles
    - not responsible for your illness
  • Changes in the sense of responsability for health in the 20th century: Responsabilities

    - Wish for health 
    - Working together with your doctor
  • Stages of continuity models: 11 stages along social function/dysfunctions

    - Well-being
    - Dissatisfaction with health
    - feeling of discomfort
    -less day-to-day limitation
    -greater day-to-day restricition
    - inability to carry out daily activities
    - bed rest at home most of the day
    - bed rest at home all day
    -Isolation: Bed health in a health facility 
    - Coma
    - Death
  • Dimensional Model ( Wollinsky)

    - Psychological
    - Social
    - Medical
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