Intro to SOC chapter 14 (Benokraitis) – Flashcards
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Health
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State of physical, mental, and social well-being
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Social epidemiology
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Examines how societal factors affect the distribution of disease within a population
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Health Care
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Prevention, management, and treatment of illness
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Disability
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Physical or mental impairment that limits a person's ability to perform a basic life activity
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chronic diseases
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Long-term or lifelong illnesses that develop gradually or are present from birth
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acute diseases
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Illnesses that strike suddenly and disappear rapidly but can cause incapacitation or death
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Alzheimer's disease
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Progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain and impairs memory, thinking, and behavior
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substance abuse
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Overindulgence in and dependence on a drug that harms a person's physical and mental health
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medicine
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System of individuals, organizations, and institutions that provide
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sick role
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Social role that excuses people from normal obligations because of illness
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medical-industrial complex
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Network of business enterprises that influences medicine and health care
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medicalization
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Process that defines and treats a nonmedical condition or behavior as an illness requiring a medical treatment
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infant mortality rates
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highest: African Americans lowest: Asian Americans and whites
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Tobacco
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Leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death
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obesity
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seconding leading and preventable cause of disease, disability, and death
