SOCIOL 3HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sick Role, System On A Chip, Social Control
12 Sep 2013
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***non-internet source joanne clark"s book on medicalization*** Health is not random: micro level: the social groups that you interact with shape you perctipns and your reactions. Our social perceptions of health shift with time and space (often with the person we are associated with) Idea of what is normal or what is deviant shifts with your context. How diff cults seek help (last week"s lect) Social construction: effects both the individual and the practioner, personal defs and reactions are often shaped by very subjective critera, can be confusing bc shaped by more than one struct of soc. The label can shift when moving from one group to another. Social legitimization (authority/power) to label: all our insititutions are given a degree of control to label. Issue is when these areas and control and definition overlap. The degree of the intrusion depends on our perception of the intruder. E. g. if religious, religious struct will have more of an effect.
