Biomedical Model Of Health

The World Health Organization, emphasizes that health is a complex concept that involves the health of a person’s body and mind, and also the quality of the social environment where they live. The state of a person's social environment can affect their physical and mental health, drawing a line under the importance of social factors for both aspects of our overall well-being.
Interactionist sociologists say that the definition of health is down to subjective influence and how each individual interprets it, for instance if two people are suffering with the same pain one may not experience it as bad as the other (Browne, 2013).
Dubos and pine (1980) (cited by Browne, 2013) outline that work demands are different dependent on the profession.

ADHD has now become medicalized and is treated with medication.

The biomedical or medical model of health, is a scientific measure of health and regards disease as the human body having a ‘breakdown’ due to biological reasons, such as bacteria, virus, excessive amounts of dopamine within the brain. A patient is seen as a body that is functioning adequately and can be handled, explored and treated independently from their mind and other external considerations.

The biomedical model of health is present in modern Western societies it underlines the policies and practices of the NHS and is what defines the health care services. The medical model uses scientific approaches to health which have replaced older, more traditional approaches.
Medical practitioners can train for a minimum of 7 years, and the biomedical model continues to maintain that they are the only people suitable to deal with us when we become sick. Hospitals and clinical environments have specialist medical equipment, and is where treatment should be given and

Social and environmental factors have shown patterns within health. For instance people that are from lower classes tend to make poorer life choices, such as smoking, unhealthy diet and not getting enough exercise. Giddens (2009) suggests that these life choices are a result of financial difficulty. People from lower classes are less likely to be able to afford the same access to facilities such as gyms, and even clinics for medical treatment. The cultural explanations for poor health places the blame on the individual themselves. It says that the lower classes prefer to live a less healthy lifestyle, by suggesting that those who work in shops or factory’s are less likely to see activity in the evenings after work due to being on their feet all day compared to somebody who works in an office. However we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, some individuals if they could afford it would choose a healthier