Question | Answer |
medicare | old people |
medicaid | disabled, poor, welfare |
Functionalist view on health care | health care is delivered to an entire nation. Government is connected to health care and and with scientific medicine |
Conflict theory on health care | Minorities, poor, and old have less access to health care. Likelihood sickness is greater with some people. Rising costs for health care |
Symbolic Interaction and Health Care | illness can be viewed as good or bad. Doctors treat patients like children. |
Epidemiology | study of biological, social, economic, and cultural factors of disease. |
social epidemiology | the effects of social, cultural, temporal, and regional factors in disease and health. |
what are some examples of men and women being affected by social factors that may cause sickness. | bulimia for women and steroids for men. Smoking, AIDS/STD's, disability, mental illness |
Euthanasia | Act of killing someone out of mercy so they can stop suffering |
HMO | Healthcare Maintenance Organization. They provide control of costs for a set fee. |
What are issues with America's health care? | Rising costs, malpractice |
Holistic medicine | A person's mental or physical state affecting their health care. Like if a person goes vegan to become healthy. Tribal tea. |
What's managed health care? | Individuals are able to choose physicians but their plan would be managed to find the lowest price possible. |