SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Gini Coefficient
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Social basis of illness: individual factors: lifestyle. Sharp increases over the past few decades. Example: of hmong in us: spiritual vs. organic causes of epilepsy. Example: jehovah"s witnesses and blood doctrine: prohibition on blood transfusion. Social basis of illness: environmental factors: income distribution, poverty. Pollution, crime, congestion: access to health care. Public health system (government-run programs that ensure access to clean drinking water, basic sewage and sanitation, and inoculation) Health care system (a nation"s clinics, hospitals, and other facilities for ensuring health and treating illness: country of origin. Inability to control infectious disease: class inequality. Gini coefficient (standard measure of economic disparity) Define disease objectively through presence of recognized symptoms. Health restored through scientifically based medical treatment. Eg: identifying bacteria and viruses and developing ways to combat them: profession. Process by which people gain control and authority over their occupation and their clients. Prestige, income, social and political power: complementize and alternative medicine.
