Sociology Chapter 15 Answers – Flashcards
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Brain Drain
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The immigration to the United States and other industrialized nations of skilled workers, professionals, and teachers who are desperately needed in their home countries
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Culture-bound Syndrome
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A disease or illness that cannot be understood apart from its specific social context
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Curanderisimo
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Latino folk medicine, a form of holistic health care and healing
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Environmental Justice
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A legal strategy based on claims that raciol minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards
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Health
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As defined by the WHO, a state of complete, physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
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Holistic Medicine
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Therapies in which the health care practitioner considers the person's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics
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Human Ecology
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An area of study that is concerned with the interrelationships between people and their environment
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Incidence
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Number of new cases of a specific disorder that occur within a given population during a stated period
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Infant Mortality Rate
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Number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a given year
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Morbidity Rate
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Incidence of death in a given population
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Prevalence
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Total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time
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Sick Role
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Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill
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Social Epidemiology
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Study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population
