The Social Construction of Illness
The Social Construction of Illness Quiz
Test your knowledge on the social construction of illness and the various aspects that influence how we perceive and experience health conditions. This quiz addresses key concepts such as medicalization, social constructionism, and stigma surrounding illnesses.
- 8 engaging questions
- Multiple choice and checkbox formats
- Explore critical concepts in health and illness
In the text what is the distinction made between illness and disease
Disease and illness refer to the length of time a person is affected by a condition, where a disease occurs over a long period of time and illness is only experience over a short time
Disease is the social meaning of the disease, whereas illness is the biological condition
Disease and illness refer to the length of time a person is affected by a condition, where a illness occurs over a long period of time and disease is only experience over a short time
Disease is the biological condition, whereas illness is the social meaning of the condition
How is medicalization defined in the text?
A) Medicalization is what is referred to when some is receives medical attention for a health condition
B) Medicalization is the process by which an individual takes on a disease identity, for example diabetic and cancer survivor
Medicalization occurs when human problems or experiences become defined as medical problems, usually in terms of illnesses, diseases, or syndromes
D) Medicalization is the increasing advancement of medical treatments available to people afflicted with a long-term health condition
Not all illnesses are stigmatized - True or False
True
False
What is TRUE for medical discourse?
It can shape people´s identity
It examines the social factors contributing to diseases
It privatizes the experience of illness
It can legitimate medical interventions
How is Social Constructionism defined in the text?
Social constructionism is a conceptual framework that emphasizes the cultural and historical aspects of phenomena widely thought to be exclusively natural
Social constructionism is a sociological tool designed to help analyse how individuals make decisions about healthcare
Social constructionism is an ideology which considers social organisation into value centred communities as essential for the advancement of various equality outcomes, specifically for outcomes in health, gender and race
Social constructionism is framework used by sociologist that assumes that natural phenomena are universal and invariant to time or place
What is TRUE about contested illnesses?
Sufferers are always sure of the authenticity of their symptoms
The authenticity of symptoms may be questioned by physicians
Their prevalence is decreasing
The existence of a physical abnormality can be safely excluded
Medical knowledge as discussed in the text is always objective and therefore is not subject the effects of social constructionism - True or False?
True
False
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