SOC-1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 54: World Health Organization, Sick Role, Talcott Parsons
13 Oct 2018
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The world health organization: health as a stage of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Life expectancy: represents the average age of death of the members of a population. Infant mortality: rate which is defined the number of deaths before the age of one for every 100 live births in a population in one year. A below replacement fertility rate (average number of children per woman) A sick person might be unable to perform standard responsibilities or be less efficient as usual: according to parsons, people learn the sick role through socialization and enact it, with the cooperation of others, when they fall ill. The sick person is not held personally responsible for his/her poor health. Illness is seen as the result of physical causes beyond the individual"s control. The sick person is entitled to certain rights and privileges, including a release from normal responsibilities.
