Medical Sociology

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

________ was 23 years clean, but experts believe he took a dose similar to when he was using, leading to his death.

Rate of maternal mortality

________ was higher in hospitals in the 1800s than it was for home births.

High status individuals

________ have greater ability to make use of new information and health resources as they become available.

Heroin

________ has a similar effect to OxyContin but there is a huge cost difference.

Naloxone

________ is a safe and non- toxic drug that can quickly reverse the effects of overdose, ‘ bringing people back to life if taken immediately.

Brain activity

________ changes so that people make decisions differently.

Psychosocial interpretation

________: focuses on individuals social class status relative to that of those around them.

Health disparities

________: why some people are healthier than others.

Co morbidity

________: when you have a condition that could make the disease worse.

Physicians

________ in ancient times perceived a connection among social, economic conditions, lifestyle, health & illness.

cultural tradition

The sick role is "also a social role, characterized by certain exemptions, rights, and obligations, and shaped by the society, groups, and ________ to which the sick person belongs.

Sociological methods

________ are the "measure "component of measure and react.

Incidence

________- number of new cases added to the population in a given period.

Mortality

________: means death- rates refer to the likelihood of an individual or groups of individuals dying.

Morbidity

________: illness in a general sense- the absence of complete health.

Materialist interpretation

________: the differential access to a healthy life- including all monetary, psychological, and environmental risk factors- is a result of SES.

Maternal mortality rate

________- number of women who die in the process of giving birth for every 1, 000 live births.

Doctors

________ exhibit "individualized objectivity, "which gives them a certain power over patients.

Illness

________ is a special form of deviance.

Selection theory

________- the connection between low income and poorer health is not causal.

Injection drug users

________ have a 33 % chance of getting some sort of infection (not just HIV)

medical institution

Medicalization- many believe the powers of the ________ have expanded far beyond areas of genuine expertise.

Life expectancy

________- the average number of years a person born in a given year can expect to live.

Medical practice

________ is understood to be the proper mechanism for controlling, modifying, and eliminating "undesirable behaviors.

Life of physicians

________: how social location affects which part of medicine you want to be a part of.

life expectancy

Since 1900, ________ in U.S. has increased by more than 30 years.