HSS 3103 Lecture 1: HSS 3103 - Complete Course Lecture Notes (All Lectures) (Fall 2015; Prof. Sonia Gulati)
9 Nov 2017
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Introduction to illness, impairment, and disability: concepts, theories, models, and debates. Illness: often equated with poor physical or mental health or a diagnosable disease, acute vs. terminal vs. Chronic illness: acute: abrupt, rapid onset, usually short duration (e. g. infection, terminal: active and progressive disease with no reasonable chance of cure (e. g. cancer, chronic: long-lasting, needing to be managed on a long-term basis (e. g. diabetes, arthritis, Hiv/aids) not feel ill from it: also the subjective sensation of experiencing a diseased state (e. g. you may have a disease but. Disease: diagnosed by physician, usually located in specific organs or system in the body, curable through biomedical treatments. Illness: personal experience of the individual who acknowledges he/she doesn"t feel well. Sickness the social actions taken by a person as a result of illness or disease (e. g. taking medication, visiting the doctor, resting) Patients feel illness and act sickness; physicians diagnose and treat disease.
