SA 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Democracy, Health Promotion, Egalitarianism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Suzanna Crage

Document Summary

Biomedical: focus: indiv, emphasis: high-risk groups, acions: Paient compliance (are ppl making right measure to recover?: health promoion: improving medical treatment; reacive approach. Ppl are geing sick now we look for soluion. Lifestyle: focus: indivs, emphasis: high-risk aitudes and behaviours, acions: Support behavioural changes: health promo: change lifestyles. Support groups for ppl in poor social condiions. Biomedical values: objecivity, detachment from poliics, prudence, preserve status quo, conservaism, ignores/minimizes: What is the real/most important cause of health problems: cigarete smoking causing cancer vs. tobacco causing cancer, poor ppl have poor lifestyles vs. poverty causing poor health. Science truth: focuses on some things over other things, discounts some facts over other factors. Ways of : thinking about truth, thinking about inding out about truth, trying to igure out truth. Process where more and more behaviours/condiions are deined as medical problems: economic medicalizaion. Women and menstruaion (menopause and hormones: social medicalizaion.