ILOs:
- Explain the meaning of the terms ‘sick role’ and ‘illness behaviour’
- Explain the meaning of ‘locus of control’ and why it is important in chronic illness
- List 5 elements which have been identified as facilitating successful adjustment to chronic illness
- List symptoms which may have been induced by cytokine activity in chronic illness
- Outline the potential for positive experiences of illness and how these are relevant to adjustment
- What is the concept of the sick role?
- Describe the concept of illness behaviour
- How might more introspective people have a different experience with illness?
- What is the ‘Locus of Control’ theory?
- Explain what adaptive adjustment is...
- What is coping?
- How do we define ‘coping in a good way’?
- How do we define ‘coping in a bad way’?
- What might some of the obstacles be to coping?
- A table showing the prevalence of depression with different medical illnesses
- What are the different risk factors for depression in the medically ill?
- What is successful adjustment?
- How do we, as medical professionals, help people adjust well to chronic illness?