HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Commodification, Socialized Medicine, Sicko
5 Nov 2016
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Release or treat issue (as seen in sicko with the women who got dropped off at the side of the road because she couldn"t pay her medical bills) Released but not treated due to her credit-worthiness (her not being able to pay: credit-worthiness vs. shareholder vs. profitability vs. altruism. Societies can socially construct their realities in different ways. Solidarity: solidarity = the human and social values on which society rests. Intrinsic values of a nurturing culture are not driven by the market. Equal medical benefits regardless of ability to pay: solidarity = collective decision. Requires a consciousness of a common interest in coping with big problems and necessitates strong participation from below. We subscribed to collective rights (we are all equal: health for all is a human right, health is not a commodity. Human rights are not to be commercialized: commodification and solidarity look at professional sector.
