5 Questions
What is illness?
The personal experience of feeling unwell, heavily influenced by social context.
What is aspirational health?
Using medicine to improve or enhance oneself.
What is sickness?
Social actions taken as a result of illness or disease
What is neo-liberal health promotion?
An assumption that individuals are responsible for staying well.
What is the medical care system based on?
Aggressive intervention once a disease has been detected
Study Notes
- Meanings of illness, sickness, and disease are socially constructed.
- Disease is diagnosed by a physician and curable through biomedical treatments.
- Illness is the personal experience of feeling unwell, heavily influenced by social context.
- Sickness refers to social actions taken as a result of illness or disease.
- Aspirational health involves using medicine to improve or enhance oneself.
- People can act sick without having a medical diagnosis.
- Illness, sickness, and disease are socially constructed experiences.
- Cultural variations exist in the experience of being ill.
- Neo-liberal health promotion assumes individuals are responsible for staying well.
- The medical care system is based on aggressive intervention once a disease has been detected.
Do you know the difference between illness, sickness, and disease? Are you aware of the varying cultural experiences of being unwell? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the social constructs of health and medicine. From the diagnosis of disease to the personal experience of illness, explore the complex interactions between social context and healthcare. Learn about aspirational health, cultural variations, and neo-liberal health promotion. Take this quiz to deepen your understanding of the social dimensions of health and the medical care system.
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