Answer:
Social scientists choose
a difference between disease & illness:
Illness is the personal,
social, & cultural influences on experience of impairment, pathology, &
disease
Disease is the physiological
process of pathology
Example:
– Cultural
factors such as early marriage contribute to the health problem of women,
particularly in rural area
– Social factors such as education and literacy
also influence health outcomes
The role of a healthcare
provider is to alleviate suffering. Yet, it is difficult to address suffering
if you don’t understand the many factors contributing to it.
Suffering is a distressing
psychological condition that may causes by physical symptoms such as pain,
shortness of breath, or hunger.
It may also be caused by nonphysical
sources such as how people define quality of life, the meanings they
attach to relationships, the anxiety that uncertainty can cause in an
individual or family’s life.