- Source: Social history (medicine)
In medicine, a social history (abbreviated "SocHx") is a portion of the medical history (and thus the admission note) addressing familial, occupational, and recreational aspects of the patient's personal life that have the potential to be clinically significant.
Components
Components can include inquiries about:
Substances
Alcohol
Tobacco (pack years)
illicit drugs
occupation
sexual behavior (increased risk of various infections among prostitutes, people who have sex with people for money, and males engaging in anal-receptive intercourse)
prison (especially if tuberculosis needs to be ruled out)
travel
exercise
diet
Firearms in household (especially if children or persons with cognitive impairment are present)
Relation to history
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kedokteran
- Psikologi olahraga
- Sejarah sosial
- Pembatasan sosial
- Lobotomi
- Universitas Teknologi Nanyang
- Kesenjangan sosial
- Bahasa Inggris
- Kesultanan Utsmaniyah
- Perang Dunia I
- Social history (medicine)
- Social medicine
- History of medicine
- Social Histories of Medicine
- Society for the Social History of Medicine
- Social history
- Studies in the Social History of Medicine
- Social Science & Medicine
- Social history (disambiguation)
- History of alternative medicine
