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1. Health care Today
Introduction to healthcare : Overview, careers in healthcare , future in healthcare , Healthcare
professionals , Occupational Profiles, Current healthcare system and trends : healthcare care industry
today, healthcare facilities and services , trends in healthcare , challenges in healthcare today , Ethical
and legal responsibilities : purpose of ethics , ethics and the law, ethics and healthcare , guiding
principals of healthcare ethics.
DEPARTMENT OF BCA
ITH
SUBJECT: Introduction to Healthcare
SEMESTER: 4th BCA

2. Introduction to healthcare
Health
• Health vs. Illness and Disease
• Medical Model: Health = Absence of Illness or Disease
Problems with the Medical Mode
• Emphasis on treatment of illness/disease
•Promotion and Prevention deemphasized
• Not true sense of the word “Health” but rather just “Lack of ill health

3. The WHO Model & Definition
• “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”