PAS 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Medical Sociology, Sick Role
29 Sep 2018
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*examples of non-traditional functions: selection a. b. Pharmacists not legally able to prescribe: generic i. ii. Pharmacist is making the judgement if patient is injured, it is upon you: modify, dose, other, order, lab reports, charts, etc i. Pharmacists not legally able to do unless under special authority. Formulary: a restricted list of drugs given by a health insurance company of most cost-effective drugs: what"s the purpose: enforce list of which doctors can prescribe from. Medical decisions are usually made by payers not patient and doctors. 1: defined by laymen as a reaction to perceived biological alteration, highly individual (subjective, depends on state of mind and cultural beliefs, as well as physiological and psychological stimuli, disease is, professionally defined i. ii. iii, sickness is: A person may have a disease and not be ill. A person may be ill and not have a disease.
