ANP 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sick Role, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Mass Psychogenic Illness
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Bipsychosocial model general model stating that biological, psychological and social factors, all play a significant role in human functioning in the context of disease or illness. Constructivist perspective view the conditions in a culture as producing health problems as well as constructing how its members think about a disease and its implications and how they experience health maladies. Contributory factors or cause like poor nutrition, stress, or lack of adequate housing. Disease biological problem involving abnormality in body"s structure, chemistry, or functions. Double blind clinical trial both the participant and the researcher don"t know who"s receiving the drug. Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people. Kleinman, examines how patients interpret the causes and progress of a malady and how they think they should be treated. elicits patients view on:
