Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: World Health Organization, Emily Stowe, Advocacy Group

57 views5 pages

Document Summary

Reading: text chapter 12: medicine, medical dominance and public health pg. Allopathic medicine: name of conventional biomedicine. Biomedicine/biomedical model: conventional approach to medicine in western societies. Discourse: domain of language use that is characterized by common ways of talking and thinking. Epidemiology: statistical study of patterns of disease in the population. Feminization: shift from a group being predominantly male to being increasingly female. Health promotion: goal of health policy in canada, draws attention to social determinants. Hegemony/hegemonic: dominance or power of one social group, idea, or discourse over another. Iatrogenesis: concept by ivan illich: refers to any adverse outcome or harm as a result of medical treatment. Medical dominance: power of medical profession control over its own work, health workers, health resource allocation, health policy. Medicare: canada"s universal health-care program funded and administered by federal, provincial, and territorial governments. Ottawa charter for health promotion: 1986 document produced by who, launched at international health conference for health promotion held in ottawa,

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents