PSY345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Bearded Lady, Amniocentesis, Medical Model
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People are actually willing to pay to see it/touch it/ experience it. Ex: bearded lady, elastic person, guy with a lot of body hair. In the past, individuals with these skills are allowed to make money off of them. Ex: travelling circuses would have a freak travelling with them, which was a selling feature as people were willing to pay to see them. This no longer happens anymore due to humans right violation: the highest level of giving is giving them a job you are giving them an opportunity. Medicine presents itself as value free but is it: there is certainly a principles in doctors to not harming patients, and to improve the lives of individuals, marks instead said , scientific eradication of disability. Ex: genetics (genetic testing, amniocentesis) they look for disorders and offer abortion. They also bring into the world and bring premature children.
