Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Emotional Expression, Schizophrenia, Structural Violence
27 Aug 2018
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Learned explicitly and implicitly: learned through embodied interactions with the world. Culture is not static: constantly changing, reproduced in day to day interactions. Ice berg theory > 9/10th of culture is hidden from sight: blatant things on surface: festivals, clothing, music, food, literature, language, rituals, hidden: beliefs, values, unconscious rules, assumptions, de nition of sin, Culture shapes experiences of illness, healing, death, dying and care. Epidemiological and public health reasons: helps us understand and identify connections between socially normative behaviours and morbidity, mortality, health seeking behaviours, pragmatic: best, ethical, professional care. I. e. stomach cancer -latina women saying that they have a cramp, men say they feel like dying. Thursday, march 1, 2018: meanings attributed to illness, treatment, dying, communication styles. Emotional expression: how much emotion is expressed: i. e. the di cult patient/family - the patient who reacts very emotionally. Who is involved: treatment decisions, medical info preferences.
