SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Palliative Care, Preventive Healthcare, Socioeconomic Status
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Our bodies are social objects - it is important to understand the role that health (illness) plays in our lives as social beings. What it means to be healthy or sick is determined by society! Sudden onset, may be briefly incapacitating, and are either curable or fatal. Develop over a longer time period and may not be detected until symptoms occur later in their progression. Kind of healthcare that treats a problem after it has already started. Kind of health care that tries to prevent or delay a problem. Kind of healthcare that focuses on symptoms and pain relief - it is not intended to provide a cure. This is typically used for critically ill or dying patients. Process where some issues that used to be seen as personal problems are redefined as medical issues. Study patterns of disease to understand illnesses, how they spread, and how to treat them.
