SOC-S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Microsurgery, Kai T. Erikson
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Universals: things that are rue over all times and all places for all people. All human groups devise a set of beliefs and perceptions for defining healthy and. All human groups develop methods & allocate social roles for treating ill health: status of healer has evolved and changed and means different things in different places. Ex: plastic surgery was invented in ancient india in order to reconstruct noses that had been lopped off during war via swords. Ex: chinese physicians perfected and developed microsurgery to reattach limbs because of lack of factory standards: they don"t have oschia. Disease: any state to which a physician confidently diagnoses a disease & you can receive help. Ex: you can be ill and sick but not diseased. The only healthy person is a person that has never been worked up by a dr health = when you feel good.
