SOC239H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Congenital Disorder, Pharmaceutical Industry, Menopause
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Sdh: sociological determinants of health: how health of human beings are determined by non medical factors. What has brought about inequalities: neoliberal policies are: ** question on this stuff for next test, methodological individualism: Individuals not societies: there are no societies without individuals so we should help individuals to good health?, let the market decide the value. Low income canadians have a problem of seeing specialists: nothing to do with their biological structures, social and political structures. State policies: nlp: poverty and social inequality, work env, age, gender, medical research was done on men and then generalized on women, mortality is higher for men and women (except in india due to cultural and social reasons) Increased incidence of poverty in major cities is evident: 90% of women - led lone parent families live in poverty in big cities. In terms of spending on childcare and pre - primary care, canada is the 36th place out of 37 nations.
