SOC243H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Barbara Ehrenreich, Chronic Pain, Bernie S. Siegel

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Lecture 7: functioning and illness experience as bases of comparing places. Dalys: disability adjusted life years = yld + yll. Yll: years of life lost to disability/condition. Impairment: an anomaly, defect, loss, or other significant deviation from certain generally accepted population standards of bodily function. Disability: inability to behaviorally, socially, or psychologically function at a normative defined level a reduced ability to perform tasks one would normally do at a given stage in life. Activity of daily living (adls): eating, washing, bathroom, etc Instrumental activities of daily living (iadls): keeping track of money, doing light housework, running errands, things that are indicative of capacity for independent living. In general, how is your health? , how would you assess your health status in comparison with other people of your age that you know? . Sources of variation in responses include differences in health and differences in meaning/interpretation of the question.