BPK 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lung Cancer, Safe Sex, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
3 Mar 2020
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Eat real food, not too much, mostly plants safe sex: use protection, minimize number of partners. Practice positive psychology: have positive outlook on life, be nice to yourself and others. Make sure that you are in control of things that may cause a dependency (alcohol, gambling) A model that emphasizes prevention of ill health and the promotion of purposeful, enjoyable living is preferable to one that focuses on treatment. Global top 10 causes of mortality: heart disease, stroke, rep infections, copd, lung cancer, diabetes, alz and dementia, diarrhea (leads to dehydration, then die from dehydration, tuberculosis (a resistance strain to our current antibiotics, road traffic injuries. Health models: model is a way to present a concept of something. Illness model views health as absence of disease. Go to physician when you have signs/symptoms: signs: things you can see, symptoms: things you feel (internal) If physician speaks different language from patient, or person not good at describing symptoms, can"t get treatment.
