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    therapists are taught certain things about certain races‚ they have no choice but to implement these issues into their practice. I think the implementation of any sort of knowledge is absolutely dependent on the patient and what is the nature of their illness. If there is a model for

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    serious illness has occurred. While the speaker‚ Jamie‚ spoke mostly about intervening with families in which the serious illness directly affected a child‚ the text book gave other examples that also help to illustrate the role of social work in a medical setting. Generally speaking‚ the text defines social work in health care as "a collaboration with medicine and with public health programs…it intervenes with medicine and related professions in the study‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment of illness at the

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    Culture profoundly influences people’s health due to how it affects people’s view on disease‚ how they seek health care and how they communicate with health care providers. Working in an American‚ multicultural society‚ nurses must possess cultural competency in order to provide patient-centered care to meet patient’s needs and expectations. To assess a patient’s cultural heritage is a significant approach to understanding a patient’s cultural background. good Usefulness of Applying a Heritage

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    Different Concepts Of Health Sociological approaches to health: Negative Positive Holistic W.H.O (world health organisation) Models of health: Bio-medical Socio-medical Negative concepts of health: This simply means being free from illness or diseases or being free from pain or discomfort‚ upset‚ tiredness‚ or anything else that might be a symptom of not being in good health. Positive concepts of health: This is a type of person who is physically active and comparatively fit. This concept is

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    Specifically‚ Abad et al (2010) states how psychological distress during isolation is most commonly linked to uncertainty and loss of control. The theoretical framework of Uncertainty can be defined as the inability to predict outcomes in terms of an illness related event. This is evident during the scenario when the patient is experiencing clear distress due feeling ambiguous about when she will be able to see her daughter. It appears as if she was provided with a lack of significant information about

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    Explain different sociological approaches to health and ill health There are many sociological approaches that explain health and ill health. In this assignment I will be focusing on Marxism‚ feminism‚ interactionaist and functionalism perspectives. The Marxist perspective believe that the bourgeoisie (middle class) exploit the proletariat (working class) as we live in a capitalist system and that if we lived in an communist society that would be our ideal society because there would be equality

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    Marion Technical College ALH 1150 Health Care Issues Providing Culture-Sensitive Healthcare to American Indians And Alaska Natives Study Guide/Homework   1. List and give examples of the 12 keys to a good professional relationship with American Indians and Alaska Natives. a. Make patient welcome-extend a warm greeting and smile b. Use eye contact judiciously- avoid prolonged eye contact c. Accommodate tribal healing-sprinkling corn around bed before surgery d. Show special respect to the elderly-never

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    concepts within health and social care. This will include exploring the social dimension of health and illness. Sociologists argue that health and illness have two aspects to them. The first of these is biological‚ and there are clearly distinct states of discomfort‚ pain and abnormality that can be considered to be ill health. The second aspect‚ however‚ involves how the concepts of health and illness are themselves considered‚ and sociologists consider the cultural dimensions of these concepts.

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    The Myth of Mental Illness

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    The Myth of Mental Illness Mental illness has existed since the dawn of humanity‚ but has since been perceived and understood in various ways. This essay will examine the contemporary現代人definition of mental illness and how the definition is shaped more by the contemporary society that creates it rather than by real experience and understanding of the state itself. Unavoidably‚ this examination of a largely misunderstood subject leads to an investigation of the societal and philosophical influences

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    Ethical principles are a guide for the physicians that help them to a better delivery of health care. Beneficence means doing everything for the sake of the patient‚ so all actions are intended to benefit the patient. A good example of it is all the procedures applied in an ER room are intended to save the patient’s life. Non-maleficence is based on the idea of “doing no harm‚” is very similar to the principle of beneficence. Basically for the principle of non-maleficence means to be the direct

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