[DOCX] L#. HEALTH SOCIAL AND POLITCAL STRATIFICATION Flashcards
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HEALTH
It is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture.
Culture-Specific Syndrome (or folk illness)
HEALTH
It is the term used to refer to the ailments a mother experiences after giving birth or after having suffered abortion or miscarriage is she did not follow certain rituals after childbirth
“Bughat”(Ilonggo term) or “Binat”(Tagalog version)
HEALTH
It comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine
Traditional Medicine
HEALTH
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines this as “the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.”
Traditional Medicine
HEALTH
It is not a religion, but rather a cosmology. It refers to health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating First Nations healing and wellness while using ceremonies; plant, animal or mineral-based medicines; energetic therapies; or physical/hands on techniques.
Traditional Healing
HEALTH
it is the traditional, indigenous holistic healing system of Western civilization.
Greek Medicine
HEALTH
Greek Medicine was first codified and systematized by the Greek philosopher - physician _____________ in the ___th century B.C.E.
Hippocrates, 4
HEALTH
In the Islamic world, Greek Medicine is known as _______ _____________ or ________ _____.
Unani Medicine, Unani Tibb
HEALTH
“Unani” is the Arabic word for “________”, or ________.
Ionian, Greek
HEALTH
It was the original source and inspiration for many other natural, holistic and alternative medical systems that developed in Europe and the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries, which include homeopathy, naturopathy and chiropractic
Greek Medicine
HEALTH
It is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine, but does not originate from evidence gathered using the scientific method, is not part of biomedicine, or is contradicted by scientific evidence or established science.
Alternative Medicine
HEALTH
It means that everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, which includes access to all medical services, sanitation, adequate food, decent housing, healthy working conditions, and a clean environment.
Human Right to Health
HEALTH
It consists of a wide variety of health care practices, products and therapies, ranging from being biologically plausible but not well tested, to being directly contradicted by evidence and science, or even harmful or toxic.
Alternative Medicine
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
A personality trait rendering the individual acceptable in social or interpersonal relations. It is related to social acceptance, social approval, popularity, social status, leadership qualities, or any quality making him a socially desirable companion
Social Desirables
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
It is a basic motivation whereby we are driven by what others think about us. This is not a small effect and much of how people behave has this need for approval and liking as a fundamental driver.
Social desirability
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
It is the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society. It is a change in social status relative to others’ social location within a given society.
Social Mobility
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
It is defined as the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between layers or tiers in an open system of social stratification.
Social Mobility
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
These are systems wherein at least some value is given to achieved status characteristics in a society. The movement can be in a downward or upward direction.
Open stratification systems
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
This refers to the overall numbers of people who end up in a different layer of stratification from that of their parents.
Absolute Social Mobility
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
It refers to the differences in probability of attaining a certain outcome, regardless of overall structural changes; a society can have high absolute mobility and low relative mobility.
Relative Social Mobility
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRATIFICATION
This describes the socioeconomic levels of a society as “layers,” with the wealthiest and most powerful citizens being at the top. Typically, the top layer of society tends to have lots of property, as well as prestige and social influence.
Social Stratification