HLSC 2P21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Forces, Class Conflict, Breast Implant

• School: Brock University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HLSC 2P21
• Professor: Terrance Wade

Document Summary

What is a perspective: a way of looking at things based on a series of assumptions that will frame our understanding and ultimately guide how we define these concepts. Absence of disease: social (sociological) perspective(s) Macro (society), meso (institution), micro (individual) levels. Origins of sociology of health: how society impacts health. Anomie: the stronger the ties in the community, the less likely we will be to commit suicide (married vs single, being catholic) If you ha(cid:448)e a disease you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e healthy, (cid:448)i(cid:396)tually i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to meet. Health has to do (cid:449)ith the (cid:271)odily, (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal, a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial (cid:395)uality of life of people as determined in particular by psychological, societal, cultural, and policy dimensions. Health is to (cid:271)e e(cid:374)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y se(cid:374)si(cid:271)le lifestyles a(cid:374)d the quitable use of public and private resources to permit people to use their initiative individually and collectively to maintain and improve their own well-being, however.