SOC334H5 Chapter 7: SOC334 Readings ch.7
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Chapter 7 health care: the health care system: the medical and social services that provide healthcare support to canadians. Support that ranges from health promotion, to health maintenance, to long-term chronic care. Three models of healthcare: the medical model. A healthcare model that favours surgery, drug therapy and rehabilitation through physical therapies (cid:449)ith a fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) the treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of diseases a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)juries, usually i(cid:374) the physi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)"s office, a hospital or other healthcare institutions. Focused on the physical and biologic aspects of specific diseases and conditions. Physicians control the work of other healthcare professionals within the medical model. Ca(cid:374)ada"s health i(cid:374)sura(cid:374)(cid:272)e syste(cid:373) supports the (cid:373)edi(cid:272)al (cid:373)odel. Places medical profession at the centre of the healthcare system: the social model. A healthcare model that includes personal and family counseling, homecare and adult daycare programs as part of the healthcare system and that tries to keep older people in their own homes.
