HLTHAGE 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Boogie 2Nite, Deaf Culture, Medicalization

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1AA3
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

Health and illness as social constructs: scienti c fact can"t always be trusted just because it has been said by a professional/expert doesn"t mean it"s right, ex. Homosexuality > sin > mental illness > sexuality (this was rst seen as sinful, than a mental illness, now a sexuality: ex. Forgetfulness as a normal part of aging or alzheimer"s? (before was seen as aging, now seen as a disease: health and illness are not universal, permanent, natural, and objective categories. Smoking cigarettes is morally bad because it has a contagious affect; one person does it, they get another person to, and so on, is morally bad because can harm your body, is morally bad depending on your location: ex. Medicalization: describes the process by which conditions and behaviours come to be de ned as a medical problem (illness, disease, syndrome, or disorder, ex. Bio-medicalized birth, which is with doctors and nurses present, in a hospital, etc.