Summary Of Sickness As A Resource

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The report says: “Some people find it favorable to have an illness, others fancy thinking of their problems as an aspect of who they are, which sometimes causes them problems.

As technology continues to evolve, our understanding of sickness and disease grows as well. Modern day technology is able to tell doctors what caused the disease and in ideal situations how to cure it. Recent scientists have begun to look at the desire to kill as a disease. This theory poses an interesting concept that if it is a disease, then maybe there is a cure that prevents serial killers from killing. In Christer Claus and Lars Lidberg’s article they look at the desire to kill as a disease. The article states that while using Schahriar Syndrome as a model, they are able to explain even the most vicious human behaviours, such as planned and repeated homicide (Claus/Lidberg 428). This disease is broken down into five main characteristics: omnipotence, sadistic fantasies, ritualized performance, dehumanization, and symbiotic merger. These five traits are not only common among people with the disease, but among serial killers as well (428). The article states that after a successful killing, the killer is surprised. When the killer is able to get away with murder, a sense of amazement consumes them. Once the killer has repeatedly killed their victim and escaped the authorities, they begin to feel like they are omnipotent. As time goes on, over fifty percent of serial killers experience sadistic fantasies that make them want to keep committing the crimes. Each killer uses their success and sadistic fantasies to form a certain ritual. They begin to believe that if they are

The term ‘illness’ draws up several definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. The meaning most immediate to our present understanding would be a ‘bad/unhealthy condition of the body and mind’. Another among the others – now obsolete – presents it as a ‘bad moral quality, condition, or character.’ Illness was often used as a measure of morality, with the perception that bad morals predisposed to illness and could be contagious like a disease. Elizabeth Gaskell explored these issues of morality – the loss and redemption of – in her English social novel, Ruth. Challenging the typical ‘fallen woman’ narrative, her sympathetic portrayal of the eponymous heroine caused a huge divide in opinion, disrupting and questioning the traditional

The definition of health and illness varies across societies due to their differing cultural, social and ethnic beliefs. The description associated with health and illness has been socially constructed so that the view of a medical profession is the most accurate. There is a general conception to think of health habits such as exercise and consuming a healthy diet when the terms health and illness are mentioned. However it is thought that the conditions that determine health changes are heavily based on one’s social conditions as it is seen that diseases occur in patterns. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) “health is a complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” Social

Many would not consider the onset of a life threatening or terminal disease an aspect of crisis intervention. Illness is an interesting topic because unlike drug addiction, if a person is terminal, there is no cure. In addition, one must consider the dynamic when the person who becomes ill is the primary earner in the home and the long-term recovery and/or emanate death not only affects the sick but the family unit as well. Kanal (2011) begins this topic with the notion of the “Biopsychosocial Model” (p. 267). In sum, this model supports people in crisis based on illness from both a biological and psychological way. The author contends, that crisis looks different for those who are sick. As stated, if the person has a number of responsibilities,

Some of these stories were of their own personal experience with loved ones in the hospital. These stories reminded me of Trillin’s distinction between “The Land of the Well People” and “The Land of the Sick People” (Trillin 699-700). I noticed a shift of perception when the person who fell ill was described. Those not acquainted with these individuals saw them differently due to the ‘change’ from their being ill. It was odd to me at first when people thought about my uncle that way, but now I noticed how my perceptions of others also changed whenever somebody else spoke about their

According to the Taylor C. author of the Fundamentals book, there are different stages that happen when a person becomes sick. “when a person assumes the sick role they seek validation of this experience from others and gives up normal activities and focus on their symptoms and bodily functions”. They do this by sometimes doing nothing, looking up symptoms on the internet, purchasing over the counter medication or going to the doctors. (44)

Biomedical explanations for the causes of sickness accept only material causes for ill health and is based on biological science. Disease occurs when there are forms of biological impairment. There also happens to be biocultural adaptations when it comes to the causes of sickness, which is influenced by natural selection on genes that affect human health. Sickle cell anemia (which involves mutations that affects erythrocytes) and lactose intolerance (which causes problems with digestion of cow’s milk) are both examples of biocultural

In “The choice between gross and spiritual: Some medical preferences” Mary Douglas tries to explain the normative standards that social communities impose on their members. She does this by taking the example of a person who falls ill and what this means for their role in the community and what the now altered to fit their condition norms, would be in society. She describes being sick as “ adopting a role” in society and goes on to describing how being sick one is obligated to step back from their usual influential role and accept the expected ill person part in society. This part as Douglas (1996) explains is done justice to by either behaving like nothing is wrong, or if the illness worsens then by “taking the medicine, keeping to the sick

Recovery of a patient is much more than the management of medial symptoms. It involves a person regaining control, individualism and independency, “socially re-connecting” and rebuilding their life (Welch, 2010). Protective factors such as self-care, quality of life, pain and illness perception, and physical outcomes can be associated with the recovery of a patient. Welch suggest, “Excessive individualism or self-reliance is an obstacle to resilience when it undermines relationships or prevents people seeking and receiving help when they need it” (Welch,

Chapter 4, page 94 has a quote of cultures and illness, “how a culture (LL) views a particular illness-with case and compassion or derision and scorn-can have a profound impact on how an individual copes with that illness (UL), which can directly affect the course of the physical illness itself (UR).” This quote honestly caught my attention. At first, I was thinking more of how in my family illnesses are handled. Speaking from personal experience, three years ago, I had to complete radiation and my immediate family did not truly want to believe it. I did not receive the support I needed, but I also live about 6 hours away from them, but the emotional support, I did not receive it. Everyone was in denial and kept saying everything is fine, you are all right, but of course I knew that was not the case

Mike Bury (2001) has undertaken a considerable amount of research on illness narratives and its different forms. Illness narratives and narrative analysis can be evaluated through three different types. The first is contingent narratives, ‘which address beliefs about the origins of disease, the proximate causes of an illness episode, and the immediate effects of illness in everyday life’ (Bury 2011, p. 263). Secondly, another form of narratives are moral narratives, which ‘provide accounts of (and help to constitute) changes between the person, the illness and social identity, and which help to (re) establish the moral status of the individual or help to maintain social distance’ (Bury 2011, p. 263). Lastly, Bury defined the third form of

This an interesting take one the subjectivity of health and illness and how our perception of it largely plays a role on how we see our health status and our illness states.

Illness Behavior is any activity undertaken by a person who feels ill for the purpose of defining his/her health and of discovering a suitable remedy. On the surface, it may seem that the nature and severity of an illness would be the sole determinants of an individual’s response, and, for very severe illnesses, this is often true. But many people fail to see a physician or go very late in the disease process despite the presence of serious symptoms, and many other people see physicians routinely for trivial or very minor complaints. These patterns suggest that illness behavior is influenced by social and cultural factors in addition to (and sometimes instead of) physiological condition.