HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Whitehall Study, Health System, High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema
25 Jan 2017
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People in the poorest parts of glasgow have a life expectancy 12 years less than those living in the wealthier parts. In theory, levels of cholesterol and blood pressure. Police keeps fishing people out of the river, they call the doctor; barely keeping people alive, certifying people dead. Try to figure out what is happening upstream, this is the social perspective. Good health is correlated to high socioeconomic status, as a person"s socioeconomic status increase, so does health. Living conditions determining our health more than medical intervention and lifestyle choices. Our range of choices is shaped (and limited) by socio-cultural, political, and economic circumstances. Health status follows a social gradient the higher one"s status in society, the better one"s health. Marmot"s whitehall study - even extends to civil service! People working within the same building have fluctuating life expectancy. Biomedical and behavioural models assume that individuals are i complete control of their choices and that their choices are always rational.
