This activity helps students learn the key concepts linked to the role of medicine, the health professions and the globalised health industry. Students match important terms such as medical dominance, social closure, deprofessionalisation, Big Pharma and brain drain to their correct definitions. It works well as an introduction or recap task because it helps students connect ideas about professional power, changing doctor-patient relationships and the growing global reach of healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
Health: Medicine, Medical Professionals and Globalisation
Click one term and then click the correct definition. This activity helps you revise key ideas about professional power, medical authority and the global reach of the health industry.
Student note: Some of these terms focus on the power of doctors and medical professionals, while others focus on how healthcare now operates across national borders through migration, business and global organisations.
Key terms
Definitions
Select a term on the left, then choose the matching definition on the right.
Well done. You matched all 10 terms. These ideas are useful for explaining both the power of health professionals and the increasing globalisation of healthcare.
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