HSBH1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Disease Surveillance, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Patient Participation
20 Jul 2018
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Hsbh1012 introduction to health and health sciences. Social perspective in health: changes in treatment and diagnosis with greater scientific research and technology, changes in hygiene, sanitation, disease surveillance, education. Complex and contested in science and by society. Contemporary health overlaps with values and aesthetics in popular culture. Discerning what is good health advise (help quality of life evidenced based) Advisory advise (caution advise: human behaviour (social, prevention and management. Measuring health: governments measure monetarily expenditure, evaluation, comparison to other nations though difficult to compare. Existence of disease recognised by medical system // testing. Getting people out of therapy and back to society: experience of symptoms. Bio-definition // health as an absence of disease. 2: ability to carry out normal daily activities. Get people back into work = less expenses for government e. g. pensions: health as a measure of fitness, quality-adjusted life year (qaly) value for money that combines quantity and quality of life.
