Medical sociology, the sociological analysis of social interactions, organizations, and systems related to health, illness, and medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
social stigma, a negative label characterized by one or more personal traits that form a stereotype about the individual
Medicalization, the process by which non-medical problems become defined and treated as medical problems
medical-industrial complex, the multi-billion-dollar enterprise consisting of doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies, drug manufacturers, and hospital supply and equipment companies,
chronic diseases, long-lasting health problems that normally cannot be cured and only controlled, such as heart disease, cancer, and strokes
| 1900 | 2021 |
| Influenza and Pneumonia | Heart Disease |
| Tuberculosis | Cancer |
| Gastroenteritis | COVID-related Deaths |
| Heart Disease | Accidents (Unintentional Injuries) |
| Cerebral Hemorrhage | Stroke |
| Kidney Disease | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases |
| Accidents | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Cancer | Diabetes |
| Diseases of Early Infancy | Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis (Hardening of the Liver) |
| Diphtheria |
Nephritis (Inflammation of the Kidneys) |
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a system in which individuals purchase shares of food in advance of production from local farmers)
The measles virus was eliminated from the United States in 2000.
This is false.
sick role, the rights and responsibilities of those ill
deprofessionalism, a decline in the power of a profession,
infant mortality rate, the number of deaths of children less than one year of age per 1,000 births
Hispanic mortality paradox, the conditions by which Hispanics live longer despite lower income and health care access,
employment-based health insurance, a system in which an employer pays all or part of the health insurance premiums for the employee,
Medicaid, a government program established in 1965 funding healthcare for qualified persons living below the poverty level and/or who have disabilities, and Medicare, a government program established in 1965 funding healthcare for the elderly, the disabled, and people receiving long-term treatment with dialysis.
Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) is part of Medicaid and provides health insurance for low-income children
socialized medicine, medical and hospital care funded for all citizens by the government
mental illness (HP), abnormal thoughts, behaviors, emotions, or actions that are a threat to the individual or society,
herd immunity, a population’s ability to resist disease as a result of a high percentage of its members being immune.