Lecture 18
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This document contains information about an upcoming exam for Stephen Hansell's sociology class. The exam will take place on Monday, November 9th from 9:50-11:10 AM. Students should bring pencils and know their RUID number for the exam. The document also provides the course topics that will be covered, including new medical technologies, how they impact doctors and patients, and the sociological effects of genetics.
Lecture 18
- 1. Stephen Hansell, Ph.D. Department of Sociology Institute for Health Research http://sakai.rutgers.edu shansell@rci.rutgers.edu 609-203-2830
- 3. EXAM
- 5. EXAM Monday Nov 9 9:50-11:10
- 6. EXAM Monday Nov 9 9:50-11:10 Bring Pencils
- 7. EXAM Monday Nov 9 9:50-11:10 Bring Pencils Know your RUID
- 8. EXAM Monday Nov 9 9:50-11:10 Bring Pencils Know your RUID 5,8,9,10,11
- 9. Class 18 – New Technology people need to know parsons dirthime
- 10. VII. Midwives
- 11. I. Doctors and new technology A. Electronic connections between docs and other providers 1. Connect doc directly to doctors, hospitals, drug companies, medical suppliers, health insurers, medical databases – it connects the doctors all over the world much faster, they dont have to rely on one year old medical journal – communicate with the health insurers – questions answered by other doctors – they can see your medical info very easily on the computer. Legible writing – you can just email your records to other doctors 2. Doctors will obtain current medical information on-line 3. doctors still wary of the internet for 2 reasons – anyone can see your database, there are hard disc problems, the computers break – hence many hospitals have 2 systems – ease of use. it is very difficult for them to work a computer.
- 12. II. Patients and the internet – you can google your illnesses A. Major source of medical information for patients www.webmd.com www.medicinenet.com www.intelihealth.com A. Changes doctor-patient relationship B. good vs bad websites • bad if selling something • who is the source of the information and there should be qualifications listed for them • does the site have balanced information - do they talk about the uncertainties of the treatment, they should talk about the risk • learn about your disease so you can negotiate your treatment • doctors might not know everything so patient might initiate the treatemnt be asking tfor medicine
- 13. III. Other effects of new technology A. Medications • patch • needles • inhalers B. Robotics and computer-guided imagery • the first robotic surgery - (need to find out) • docs dont have to be at the site of the surgery 1. Docs will perform procedures online C. Electronic monitoring devices allow patient to track own health • you have id chips in people or dogs! • they tatoo memory chips on dogs, you know if it is your dog or not • so people inject id chips into babies so they wont get kidnapped • they have a bio metric method for id’s. it scans the back of your retina and identifies you • eventually we will all have chips in us that will monitor our blood pressure and other important medical things D. Computer assisted self-diagnosis
- 14. IV. Genetics may change doctor-patient relationship A. Genetic screening • job screaning on your geans • curing medicine / prevention B. Gene therapy C. Designer drugs • tailor drugs to match your DNA and the ones that does not cause you side effects
- 15. V. Sociology of genetics – downside to your dna info – your susceptibility to genetic disease may become a social form of discrimination – eg. no jobs cz they dont want to loose people and they don't wanna pay for health insurance – no one wants to marry you – new determinant of the social structure
- 16. Stephen Hansell, Ph.D. Department of Sociology Institute for Health Research http://sakai.rutgers.edu shansell@rci.rutgers.edu 609-203-2830