HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ableism, Medicalization, Canada Christian College
11 Sep 2018
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Politics: who gets what, when and how. Who gets money first and from where: politics about power. How to get someone to do what you want them to do. Whose ideas are legitimate and correct and whose are left behind: also involved deception, bribery and violence, although politics might involve the government, any power structured relationship is political. Marriage and power are political: health and illness are not merely biological states- they are sites of political struggle. Inequalities: some people have more of it than others. Health differences not merely a consequence of genetics, biological chance, individual behaviour. Stems from broader inequalities (income, class, racism, sex, homophobia, ableism) People with more money may get more care, some maybe denied care. We choose to let them exist or choose to do something about them: social determinants of health can be structured/addressed through political means. Housing, employment, income heavily influenced by political decisions.
