Module 9 - Health and Illness

Heath

doesn't mean complete absence of disease or infirmity but a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing

Policy Sociology

The interrogation of policies around the practice of medical science and uptake of medical inventions and interventions

Docile Body

The advancement of objectification and control of human (body)

Sick Role

A set of social expectations that define how society allows and expects individuals to behave when they are ill

Biomedicine/Orthodox

The use of western scientific principles in the diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease

Alternative (complementary) Medicine

Alternative medical practices outside or alongside orthodox or conventional biomedical practice

Medicalization

Process of which certain behaviours or conditions are defined as medical processes, and medical intervention becomes to focus of remedy and social control

Iatrogenesis

Illness caused by medical examinations/treatment

Clinical Iatrogenesis

Ways diagnosis and cures can cause problems that are bad/worse than health problems they are meant to resolve

Social Iatrogenesis

political conditions that "render society unhealthy" are hidden or obscured

Cultural Iatrogenesis: involves how the knowledge/abilities of the medical community are praised, and patients are given no credit for their recovery

Health Belief Model

Psychological model that explain and predict health-related behaviors by focusing on individual beliefs and attitudes

Perceived Susceptibility

Individuals belief about the likelihood of experiencing a health issue

Perceived Severity

Component involves beliefs about the seriousness of the consequences of a health issue

Perceived Benefit

An individuals assessment of the advantages of taking a specific health action

Perceived Barriers

The potential obstacle that individuals perceive in taking a health-related action

Cues to Action

Triggers that prompt individuals to act toward their health. Cues can be internal, or external

Self-Efficacy

An individuals confidence in their ability to successfully act toward a health behavior

Big Pharma

Large pharmaceutical companies, which profit from developing, manufacturing, and marketing drugs

Brain Drain

Departure of educated professionals which erodes healthcare systems in origin country

Radicalization of Medicine

Became radicalized when strongly associated with a particular racial group (Ebola, covid)

Gender Relations

Female doctors have become and leave family doctors more often and work fewer hours, while not becoming a surgeon nor being sued

Inverse Care Law

Dr Julian Tudor Hart's law where poor places have lack of good equipment and shortages/less quality of docto