week 2 Flashcards
(43 cards)
define health
objective process (functional stability, balance, and integrity)
-relates to disease, illness and wellness
define disease
-objective
- pertains to ‘ill health’
-seen and managed by medical science
define illness
-subjective
- experiences of either loss of health
- disease or period of sickness affecting the mind and body
define wellness
-subjective experience of health
more in depth definition of health
-extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs and to change or cope with environment
-resource of everyday life
- positive, comprehensive, attentive to mental health, inclusive of quality of life and spirituality
what is illness
-continuum with health
-subjective experience of loss of health
-classifications of health conceptualizations-stability, actualization, as both stability and actualization, resource, unity
what is disease
-objective state of ill health
- pathological processes which can be detected by medical science
-VIP info-classification of health conceptualizations-stability, actualization, as both stability and actualization, resource, unity, discontinuity from one’s environment
two types of healthcare workers
-conventional (26)…western medicine…medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists
-complementary and alternative medicine (12)…encompass natural products, mind-body practices…acupuncture and chiropractic
practice settings
-acute care institutions-hospitals, private settings-dental clinics
-home and community- hospice, retirement homes
-clinics-urgent care/walk-ins, mental health outpatient, diabetes
- primary health care- primary care rostering, telephone helplines, community health centers
non regulated professions
PSWs, paramedics
regulations of healthcare professions-common elements (VIP)
-educational standards
- provincial or territorial standards
- scope of practice (outlines skills, acts and service practitioners can perform)
- curbing of practice if standards are not met
- formal complaints process for public with investigation and follow-up of same
- title protection
- competence and quality assurance expectations
what is the RHPA and what do they do
regulated health professionals act, 1991
-sets out the governing framework for the regulated health professions in ontario
what is the RHPA framework intended to do
-better protect and serve the public interest
- be more open and accountable system of self governance
- provide a more modern framework for the work of health professionals
- provide consumers with freedom of choice
-provide mechanisms to improve quality of care
key features of the RHPA
-scope of practice
- controlled acts
- health regulatory colleges
- health professions regulatory advisory council
- health professions appeal and review board
what is scope of practice
a statement that describes what the profession does
what is controlled acts
procedures or activities which may pose a risk to the public if not performed by a qualified practitioner
what is health regulatory colleges
corporation that governs each regulated health profession responsible for regulating the practice of the profession and governing its members according to the RHPA
what is health professions regulatory advisory council
an independent, arms length advisory body to the minister of health and long term care with a mandate to advise the minister of a number of items related to the regulation of health professions
what is health professions appeal and review board
an independent third party with a mandate to review registration and complaints decisions of the health regulatory college
healthcare models
-medical model
- holistic model
- indigenous wholistic theory of health
-wellness model
what is the medical model
-simplistic model
- does not acknowledge role of prevention.
-emphasis is on detection, diagnosis and treatment
what is the holistic model
considers all parts pf the person and focuses on positive aspects of health
what is indigenous wholistic theory of health
-similar to holistic model considers mental, physical, cultural and spiritual wellbeing, of the person and community
what is wellness model
-builds on medical and holistic models
- emphasizes the ability of individuals/groups to cope with health related challenge
- common thread to holistic in that broad spectrum of factors considered-physical, spiritual, social, emotional, economic and cultural
