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Class: SOCIOL 101 - Sociology: An Introduction; Subject: Sociology; University: University of Missouri-Kansas City; Term: Spring 2011;
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state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being (trend of holistic medicine: body and mind) TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 socially defined as an interference with health TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 any activity intended to improve health TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 an institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 the estimate of the average lifetime of people born in a specific year. 13% of US citizens die before age 60 1.5 billion people worldwide die before 60
the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births in a year. 14% worldwide TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 study of the causes and distribution of health, disease, and impairment throughout a population TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Medicare (65+) and Medicaid (very poor) TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 pay a set monthly fee for total care with an emphasis on prevention to avoid costly treatment later (but problems with the HMO include lack of providers, and providers who limit how many people they will see) TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 system of cost containment in which the kind of tests and services you can have are closely monitored (requires advanced approvals on most things)
the process by which a problem ceases to be defined as an illness or a disorder. Homosexuality is the most obvious example of demedicalization. [symbolic interaction]