Sociology 1301 – Flashcards
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How many prescriptions are written each year in the U.S. for pain pills?
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210 million
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Name one form of alternative medicine discussed in class.
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hypnosis
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How many Americans have Alzheimers?
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50% of those over 85
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Medical Sociology
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The systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy
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Contested illnesses
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Illnesses that are questioned or considered questionable by some medical professionals
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Stigmatization of Illness
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Illnesses that are discriminated against and those whose sufferers are looked down upon or even shunned by society
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Social Epidemiology
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The study of the causes and distribution of diseases.
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Anxiety disorders
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Feelings of worry and fearfulness that lasts for months at a time
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Disability
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A reduction in one's ability to perform everyday tasks, the World Health Organization notes that this is a social limitation
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Epidemiology
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The study of the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases
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Impairment
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The physical limitations a less-able person faces
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Medicalization
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The process by which aspects of life were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention
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Mood disorders
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Long-term, debilitating illnesses like depression and bipolar disorder
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Morbidity
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The incidence of disease
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Mortality
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The number of deaths in a given time or place
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Personality disorders
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Disorders that cause people to behave in ways that are seen as abnormal to society but seem normal to them
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Stereotyoe interchangeability
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Stereotypes that don't change and that get recycled for application to a new subordinate group
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Stigmatization
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the act of spoiling someone's identity, they are labeled as different, discriminated against, and sometimes even shunned due to an illness or disability
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Individual Mandate
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A government rule that requires everyone to have insurance coverage or they will have to pay the penalty
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Private Healthcare
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Health insurance that a person buys from a private company, private healthcare can either be employer-sponsored or direct-purchase
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Public Healthcare
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Health insurance that is funded or provided by the government
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Socialized Medicine
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When the government owns and runs the entire healthcare system
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Underinsured
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People who spend atleast 10 percent of they income on healthcare costs that are not covered by insurance
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Universal Healthcare
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A system that guarantees healthcare coverage for everyone
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Commodification
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The changing of something not generally thought of as a commodity into something that can be bought and sold in a marketplace
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Demedicalization
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The social process that normalizes "sick" behavior
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Legitimation
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The act of a physician certifying that an illness is genuine
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Medicalization of Deviance
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The process that changes "bad" behavior into "sick" behavior
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Sick Role
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The pattern of expectations that define appropriate behavior
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Each culture dictates
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What illness are stigmatized and which are considered disabilities and which are not.
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components of sick role
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excused from responsibilities, held responsible for disability, want to recover, seeks medical help
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Obesity, heart disease, and diabetes
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More common in high income nations due to sedentary lifestyles and poor diets
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Medicare
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Federal health program for elderly over 65 and disabled
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Medicaid
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State program for women and children and some disabled based on income
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alternative medicine
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Accupunture hypnosis vitamins and herbs and chiropractors and home remedies
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Gender
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Women 81.2 live longer than men, men 76.4
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Race
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Blacks and native americans have the worst health care status of all groups
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Euthanasia
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Inducing the painless death of a person for reasons assumed to be merciful. Dr. Kevorkian. Oregon washington montana vermont california
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AIDS
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Caused by HIV human immunodeficiency virus
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AIDS PERCANTAGE
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41% of all people living with AIDS are Black 32% white 20% hispanic
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The aging population
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14.5% of the population is over 65
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young old
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65-74
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middle old
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75-84
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old old
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85 and over
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who are the elderly
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78% white 9% black 8% hispanic approximately 60% are women 9% live in poverty
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Alzheimers
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A type of dementia that effects 50% of those over 85
