Health Sciences 2711A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Robert Latimer, Environmental Health, Social Inequality

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Marie Savundranayagam

Document Summary

What we know about death: death: irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or when all the structures of the brain have ceased to function, dying: period during which the organism loses its vitality. 80s their immediate cause of death could be a broken hip or influenza, but the backdrop for it was their limited functioning: anorexia-cachexia syndrome: individual loses appetite and muscle mass (another end of life symptom) 2: first nations astandmr was more 2x general population. External causes of mortality accounted for greater premature mortality than either circulatory disease or cancer. External causes including intentional self-harm is most prevalent in. 2001-02, suicide rate was 3x higher: lowest rates of astandmr in bc, highest in territories, aboriginal v not, marital status, education, occupation, stress, cultural influence on diet and lifestyle. People who have ever been married have lower mortality rate (taking into account higher mortality those widowed and divorced) Those with uni education have lower mortality rates.