Down Syndrome and the Models of Disability Eli Lowham University of Wyoming Having a disability is less taboo and increasingly common in a large proportion of the U.S. population today (Smart & Smart‚ 2006). Speech pathologists in today’s continually expanding world often come across a child with a language disorder stemming from a genetic origin. The most common disorder is Down syndrome. Down syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in 700-1000 births and is the most common genetic cause of intellectual
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The Biomedical model of health (Also known as medical model) This model looks at people as if they are machines. The various body systems are seen as systems The biomedical model of illness and healing focuses on purely biological factors‚ and excludes psychological‚ environmental‚ and social influences. This is considered to be the dominant‚ modern way for health care professionals to diagnose and treat a condition in most Western countries. Most health care professionals do not first ask
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A strong influential mechanism has been presented in the form of the biomedical-model‚ which has successfully controlled human suffering. The biomedical model assumes that the causation of deviant behaviour is biologically specific. This perception allows for the probable causes in societies to be concealed‚ shifting responsibility to the individual‚ permitting the control of human suffering. The claim that the biomedical model is an acceptable vehicle for the social control of human suffering will
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Biomedical model is a main model used last century in medical practice (Capra‚ 2010). Prior to the development of nursing theory‚ nursing practice is influenced by this model as well (Pearson‚ Vaughan‚ & FitzGerald‚ 2005). The model is divided the mind and the body into two different parts and they put their focus on the body parts (Capra‚ 2010). Maintenance of the internal environment and restoration of the physiological function is the goal of this model. Diagnostic tool started to evolve as it
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three reasons why this field emerged are: Shift in causes of death in 1900’s and 2000’s Shortcomings of Biomedical model Rising healthcare costs 2. How is the bio-psycho-social model different from the biomedical model? Imagine that you were experiencing headaches‚ explain how your problem might be explained and treated by someone adhering to each model? The bio-psycho-social model
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Thirty years ago‚ people may have defined health primarily in doctors‚ hospitals and drugs. Today people have a much broader image of what it means to be healthy. People’s views of healthiness include; healthy eating‚ taking vitamins and regular exercise‚ to therapy‚ sensible drinking and healthy social relationships. Sociology of health is not confined to the narrow‚ area of medicine. According the World Health Organisation(WHO)‚ health is ‘a state of complete physical‚ mental and social wellbeing
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The Biomedical model has been the model of health that has dominated industrialised societies in the west. The biomedical model of health identifies health as the absence of disease. The biomedical model focuses on diagnosing and curing individuals who have a specific illness or other medical conditions. Health professionals will use methods that have been scientifically tested to treat diagnosed illnesses. The biomedical model view of health supports the practices and policies of the National Health
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a mood disorder and the biomedical model portrays one way in which it can be understood. The biomedical model focuses on biological factors alone in an attempt to explain an illness or a disorder. It describes illnesses as disturbances within the human body that can be altered and corrected. Very unlike the biopsychosocial model‚ it doesn’t include other factors that may contribute to a disorder such as their psychological state or their social context. The biomedical model focuses on activities within
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The biomedical model defines health as being free of disease and infirmity‚ and does not take into account social or cultural issues. It is the dominant model used throughout the majority of western societies‚ and in these societies is generally seen as the only “legitimate” way to treat illness. One of the main factors of the biomedical model of health is that it sees the human body as a “machine” and that each part of the body can be “fixed individually”. This idea began during the Cartesian
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life. In the health care profession they mostly only focus on the health history of that person‚ in order for them to investigate the genetic health issues. The biomedical model focuses on the tests‚ symptoms that have been done to confirm what is wrong with them instead of looking into the social-medical model. The goal of the biomedical model of health is to return the individual to their healthy state. Throughout this process they reply purely of expensive facilities and medical technology in order
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