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Chapter 13: Health Care | SOCIOL 101 - Sociology: An Introduction, Quizzes of Introduction to Sociology

Class: SOCIOL 101 - Sociology: An Introduction; Subject: Sociology; University: University of Missouri-Kansas City; Term: Spring 2011;

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2010/2011

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TERM 1
Health
DEFINITION 1
state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
(trend of holistic medicine: body and mind)
TERM 2
Illness
DEFINITION 2
socially defined as an interference with health
TERM 3
Healthcare
DEFINITION 3
any activity intended to improve health
TERM 4
Medicine
DEFINITION 4
an institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of illness.
TERM 5
Life expectancy
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
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Health

state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being (trend of holistic medicine: body and mind) TERM 2

Illness

DEFINITION 2 socially defined as an interference with health TERM 3

Healthcare

DEFINITION 3 any activity intended to improve health TERM 4

Medicine

DEFINITION 4 an institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness. TERM 5

Life expectancy

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

Infant mortality

the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births in a year. 14% worldwide TERM 7

Social epidemiology

DEFINITION 7 study of the causes and distribution of health, disease, and impairment throughout a population TERM 8

Public health insurance:

DEFINITION 8 Medicare (65+) and Medicaid (very poor) TERM 9

HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations)

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

Managed care

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)

Demedicalization

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]