HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociological Perspectives, Medical Sociology, Structural Functionalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2321
• Professor: Kirsti Bissada

Document Summary

Hss 2321: lecture #1 sociology of health. Social causes and consequences of illness, disease, disability and death and example can be stress, poverty, bullying, family style, lifestyle, etc . The sociology of health and illness seeks to describe and explain: How illness affects and is affects by social interaction. How medical systems are organize, structures and financed. Ideology: liberal government; what do liberals have in common . Paradigm: model or structure; what side of the road do canadian"s drive on? . The occupational roles of health-care providers such as doctors and nurses. Sociologists study the social world from a variety of perspectives (know table 1. 2) Depending on their perspective, sociologists focus on some aspects of social life and ignore others. Sociologists also ask different questions and use different methods to answer them. All of these different sociological perspetcivees can be used to explore health. Emile durkheim provided the theoretical and methodological model for structural functionalism.