HSC 4558 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Edema, Collagen, Human Leg
19 Mar 2016
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Case- based questions will present information about an individual with a certain type of injury. You will then answer questions about that case, demonstrating ability to understand, synthesize and apply what you have learned in class, from the readings, and from the resources provided to you. Biblical views: disability was punishment from an angry god. Christianity: healing lepers, lame, casting out demons. Bedlam: people were identified as sick, but incarcerated in asylums. Negative portrayals; physical impairment reflects mental impairment and evil . Benjamin franklin & quakers: first hospital to include treatment of mentally ill (pennsylvania hospital) Benjamin rush: director of hospital, recommended useful occupations and pleasant surroundings vs. jails and almshouses. Right of individual to live with dignity. People with disabilities subjected to ridicule, poverty, segregation, begging. Dorothea dix: advocate for more humane treatment of mentally ill. Civil war: lister (antiseptic surgery), red cross. Rehabilitation center, industrial school for crippled and deformed (boston)
