SOCIOL 3HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Talcott Parsons, Sick Role, Physical Fitness
31 Mar 2016
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Normal health consists of combinaion of aspects of good health and ill health. Normal health is a blend of feelings of healthiness, physical itness, and the performance of one"s usual well roles. Muliplicity of concepts like a mind ield . Health is normality illness as deviaion. Health is a balance health as funcion. The biomedical approach focuses on health measurements at an individual level. Focuses on health measurements at a populaion level. This muli dimensional approach includes a physical dimension, a psychological dimension, and a social dimension. Focuses on the meaning of good health and the social factors that contribute to the pursuit of health and wellness. Health involves coninuous movement along a coninuum between good health (wellness) and ill health (sickness) Want to be in health promoion (away from waterfall) People irst start thinking about health when it declines. Wellness: more than the absence of disease and illness. Good health is usually taken for granted and diicult to deine.
