SOCI-100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sick Role, Social Inequality
25 Apr 2018
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In canada the leading cause of death for men and women is cancer followed by heart disease. For men the next is accidents and for women it"s strokes. Health: state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Social determinants affect health, even after controlling for personal health behaviours. Social determinants - > socioeconomic status (ses) and ethnic inequality: socioeconomic status (271-273) Is intertwined with ethnic inequality: ethnic inequality. Effects of colonization (eg. control of density, reserve conditions, food insecurity) Healthy immigrant effect - disappears within four years. Top ten causes of death vary by sex and age. Ages 1 - 44 - accidents suicide. Top three actual causes of death are. Components of the sick role (parsons, 1951) Eg. changing sense of self in people with cancer. Socio-cultural forces - impacting health, wellness, illness - personal choices. Empathy and same, if we use empathy we"ll notice shame.
