HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Talcott Parsons, Paternalism, Social Order
28 Feb 2018
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Coping mechanisms, antidepressants, technical procedures: its not an individualistic response, the way his culture aids with his problem. Structural functionalism: has a consensus structure at a micro level, but is also a macro-sociological theory, can be understood as a system of inter dependent parts. Talcott parsons (in uential in 50"s and 60"s: healthcare exists to restore and maintain social order. Sick role: rights and obligations that surround illness and shape behaviour of the doctor and the patient. Must want to get well, if you don"t want to get well then thats deviance. Must hand themselves over to professionals who can help them overcome the illness. Critiques of the structural functionalism: ignores potential for con ict inherent in the medical encounter, moralistic: potential for people to become malingers, which is, paternalistic: doctor as father, degrading, decontextualized: fails to critically consider context.
