HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Health Organization, Social Medicine, Iatrogenesis
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Reductionist: body as a machine with parts. Positivist: influenced by scientific and expert knowledge. Disease is not the general norm, has a range of measurable biological variables (cid:522)specific aetiology(cid:523) = specific study of the causes or origin of disease. Social medicine: recognizes social, political, economic determinants of health (cid:522)pathobiology(cid:523) = biology that deals with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspect. Normal state (cid:314) disabled state (cid:314) medical intervention (cid:314) normal state (cid:315) Has a simplistic view of biological processes and remedies. Medicine changes our ability to cope with toughness (recovery) Focuses on what facilitates health, not the cause of the disease. The relationship between health, stress, and coping. Focused on changing individual thoughts and behaviours. Promotes healthy living and lifestyles, improved coping, etc. Health: in terms of fitness, wellness, choice. Psychosocial: individual and population health to location in social hierarchies, supports, stress and coping. Needs to consider the material conditions of people"s lives.
