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| Disease | An adverse physical state, consisting of a physiological dysfunction within an individual |
| Illness | A subjective state, pertaining to an individual's psychological awareness of having a disease and usually causing that person to modify his or her behavior |
| Sickness | A social state, signifying an impaired social role for those who are ill |
| The Social System | A book written to explain a complex functionalist model of the society |
| Sick Role | Describes the normative behavior a person typically adopts when feeling sick |
| Conditional legitimacy | Deviants are temporarily exempted from normal obligations and gain some extra privileges on the proviso that they seek help in order to rid themselves of their deviance |
| Unconditional legitimacy | Deviants are exempted permanently from normal obligations and are granted additional privileges in view of the hopeless nature of their deviance. |
| Terminal cancer is an example of: | Unconditional legitimacy |
| Illegitimacy | Deviants are exempted from some normal obligations by virtue of their deviance, for which they are technically not responsible, but gain few if any privileges and take on handicaps such as stigma. |
| Three main forms of stigma | Abominations of the body, blemishes of physical character, and the tribal stigmas of race, religion, and nationality. |
| Activity-Passivity Model | The patient is seriously ill or being treated on an emergency basis in a state of relative helplessness, due to a severe injury or lack of consciousness. |
| Guidance-Cooperation Model | Arises most often when the patient has an acute, often infectious illness, such as the flu or measles |
| Mutual-Participation Model | Applies to the management of chronic illness in which the patient works with the doctor as a full participant in controlling the affliction |
| Information can be an important therapeutic tool in medical situations if it meets three tests: | 1.Reduces uncertainty 2. Provides a basis for action 3. Strengthens the physician-paient relationship |
| Cloning | Refers to making a precise genetic copy of a molecule, cell, plant, or animal. |
