SOCI-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Boogie 2Nite, Stoicism, Ableism
14 Dec 2017
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Healthcare and health systems as a social problem. We typically think of health in individual frameworks; or as technological/pharmaceutical problems. By virtue of the fact that it impacts everyone, it becomes social but it also has social causes and consequences; and health problems will not be relieved without social intervention. The definitions of health, illness, and disability are socially constructed (socio-cultural and historical contexts) Eg smoking cigarettes is unhealthy; in the past, claimed to be a healthy thing to do even endorsed by doctors. In some cultures, hallucinations may be considered spiritual rather than the resultof mental illness. Gordon: 10 tips for better health; british medical office had released previous list such as physical activity, healthy diet, regular sleep. Gordon"s list in response was collective solutions, such as don"t be poor, be able to go on holidays, don"t end up unemployed.
