SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Health Care In Canada, Centre For Addiction And Mental Health, Ableism
4 Feb 2020
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To be healthy physically, mentally, emotionally, sexually, spiritually, etc. Not everyone has access to health care. In canada, not everyone can afford a gym membership to stay fit, purchasing healthy foods at the grocery store to eat healthy, etc. Rights: the individual is exempt from normal social roles, the individual is not responsible for their condition. Obligations: the individual should want to feel better, the individual should seek medical help. Ableism: prejudice and discrimination against people because of a physical or mental disability. Lowest income group are 3-4 times more likely than those in the highest income group to report poor to fair mental health (camh) First nations youth die by suicide about 5-6 times more often than non-indigenous youth. Sandwich generation: individuals who often experience conflicting demands of taking care of children and aging parents/family members: also tied to the organization of gender. Legislated: alberta (1928-1972) and british columbia (1933-1973)
