Health systems

Question 1

What is the biomedical world view?

Answer 1

Derived from a philosophy of mind body dualism with a reductive view of the body, universalising, values neutrality - all knowledge comes from differences places, different views e.g. secular. Interested in numerical data, physical observations, visual representation of the body, dysfunction and structural deviance (disease often considered without social context)

Question 2

What are limitations of biomedical epistemology?

Answer 2

Medically unexplained symptoms - when everyone including yourself sees something wrong with you however medically there is no explainable diagnosis or cause, people are treated but they don’t know why. Can have a hard time understanding whats wrong when you have a long term illness that can’t be explained

Question 3

Caring for people with neurological disorders

Answer 3

Attempts to shift from paternalistic care to dialogical care based on a partnership with an individual, workers would use miming or friends that know the person well, taking time to get a background on the persons life to try communicate and understand what they’re feeling

Question 4

Caring for people with psychiatric illness

Answer 4

Assumption that people wish to be involved in all aspects of treatment decision making (wrong!). Psychiatric care workers engaged with when people are vulnerable and recognise their capabilities and competency when they want treatment

Question 5

Entangling of notions of health

Answer 5

Complicated or compromising relationship or situation, a situation or relationship that you are involved in and that is difficult to escape from. Recognises that it is not a simple status, complicates our identities, being healthy and staying healthy, integrating knowledge, cultural backgrounds, unequal systems of power in society