HE100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Chemotherapy, Microorganism, Antibody
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Illness disease and sickness are distinct from one another. The insiders view of living with illness over time describes it as involving a great deal of emotion, ontological and philosophical work along with the management of treatment symptoms, disease and health care providers. Disease is that which is diagnosed by a physician and curable through biomedical treatments. Illness is the personal experience of the person who does not feel well. Socio cultural factors influence whether a person visits a chiropractor, doctor etc when feeling ill or how old order mennonite women often have babies on their way to the delivery room because they waited through many stages of labour. Sudnow and later timmermans, found that doctors were more likely to write dnr (do not rescusitate) for people who lacked private insurance in the us. This shows that doctors make their decisions based on socio-cultural factors.
