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Terms in this set (109)
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and
What is the WHO's
social well-being and not merely the absence of
definition of health?
disease or infirmity" - WHO, 1948
"Health is the capacity of people to adapt to, respond
What is the functional
to, or control life's challenges and changes" - Frankish
definition of health?
et all., 1996
Definition of disease A biological or physical malady affecting the body
The perception of dysfunction by the afflicted
Definition of illness
individual
The social acknowledgement of impairment or
Definition of sickness
affliction
Hypertension:
Disease without illness
High bp can lead to heart attack or stroke, but person
example
does not feel ill, does not seek medical care, or
comply with therapy
Hypochondriac
Illness without disease
example Person feels ill, but doctors cannot find anything
wrong despite extensive medical testing
, Headache:
Illness without sickness
Person feels ill and stays home from work, but
example
employer erquires a doctor's note in order to excuse
absence
How are health and Health is often described in relation to disease,
disease related? however they are not necessarily opposites.
Type 1 Diabetes is a disease, but the person is healthy
because they have the resources to manage it
Late-stage cancer is a disease and cannot be cured
Examples of disease
which make sthe person feel weak and fatigued; their
related to health.
body is very unhealthy
An overworked teacher does not have a disease but is
unable to sleep or eat well, so they are unhealthy
Germs
Genetics
What are the factors that
Lifestyle
cause disease?
Multifactorial Disease Causation (epigenetic or
environmental factors)
Who are the 3 Koch
contributors to the Germ Lister
Theory? Pasteur
, 1. Germs are present in those with disease, and are
absent in those without
2. Germs can be isolated/cultured from those with
disease
What are Koch's
3. Germs cause diseases when introduced into healthy
postulates and what did
host
he ignore?
4. Germs can then be re-isolated from the newly
diseased host
He ignores the social context and potential genetic
origins of many diseases
Sepsis (infection) might be caused by pollen-like dust
contaminating surgical wounds
Antiseptic conditions, including application of
What did Lister reason? carbolic acid, should thus logically prevent wound
infections
Surgical mortality fell from 45% to 15% after Lister's
intervention
First postulated the germ theory of disease
Discovered principles of microbial fermentation and
What did Pasteur
sterilization
postulate?
First described heat treatment methods for milk and
wine ("pasteurization")
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Terms in this set (109)
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and
What is the WHO's
social well-being and not merely the absence of
definition of health?
disease or infirmity" - WHO, 1948
"Health is the capacity of people to adapt to, respond
What is the functional
to, or control life's challenges and changes" - Frankish
definition of health?
et all., 1996
Definition of disease A biological or physical malady affecting the body
The perception of dysfunction by the afflicted
Definition of illness
individual
The social acknowledgement of impairment or
Definition of sickness
affliction
Hypertension:
Disease without illness
High bp can lead to heart attack or stroke, but person
example
does not feel ill, does not seek medical care, or
comply with therapy
Hypochondriac
Illness without disease
example Person feels ill, but doctors cannot find anything
wrong despite extensive medical testing
, Headache:
Illness without sickness
Person feels ill and stays home from work, but
example
employer erquires a doctor's note in order to excuse
absence
How are health and Health is often described in relation to disease,
disease related? however they are not necessarily opposites.
Type 1 Diabetes is a disease, but the person is healthy
because they have the resources to manage it
Late-stage cancer is a disease and cannot be cured
Examples of disease
which make sthe person feel weak and fatigued; their
related to health.
body is very unhealthy
An overworked teacher does not have a disease but is
unable to sleep or eat well, so they are unhealthy
Germs
Genetics
What are the factors that
Lifestyle
cause disease?
Multifactorial Disease Causation (epigenetic or
environmental factors)
Who are the 3 Koch
contributors to the Germ Lister
Theory? Pasteur
, 1. Germs are present in those with disease, and are
absent in those without
2. Germs can be isolated/cultured from those with
disease
What are Koch's
3. Germs cause diseases when introduced into healthy
postulates and what did
host
he ignore?
4. Germs can then be re-isolated from the newly
diseased host
He ignores the social context and potential genetic
origins of many diseases
Sepsis (infection) might be caused by pollen-like dust
contaminating surgical wounds
Antiseptic conditions, including application of
What did Lister reason? carbolic acid, should thus logically prevent wound
infections
Surgical mortality fell from 45% to 15% after Lister's
intervention
First postulated the germ theory of disease
Discovered principles of microbial fermentation and
What did Pasteur
sterilization
postulate?
First described heat treatment methods for milk and
wine ("pasteurization")
