HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Health System, Traditional Medicine, Allopathic Medicine
1 Dec 2017
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Health age 1aa3 - introduction to health studies. Decision making: stone and others variables we might consider when making decisions. Ankle rule : x-rays not needed, level of pain determines type of injury (fractured or sprained or broken,etc) When should community or social purpose trump individual choice . John stuart mills response to prevent harm to others . 1. the positivist approach / the structural functionalist approach. 3. the interpretive approach / symbolic interactionist perspective, grounded theory. Compte - societies and three stages of development. 1. theological stage (social order was dictated by religion): if you were sick or got a disease, people believed it was deserved. You are entitled to your opinion but what are the statistical facts (quantitative methods) sociologist began studying medicine in the 1950"s and 1960"s the dominant paradigm or model was structural functionalist (positivist) Health care systems are socially and culturally connected. Universal health care is part of our social reality as canadians.
