Health Sciences 3630F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Naturopathy, Science Policy, Natural Science
10 Oct 2020
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Is used to define illness, to fix it, to commodify it; it"s not to be questioned: e. g. physicians as modern-day priests, belief that they can fix anything and everything. Where have we come/gone: leonardo de vinci (start of medicine) very whole, balanced self medicalization (now) Increasing size/thickness of the penis: the yoni egg, shared by gwyneth paltrow on goop, eggs made from stones/gems, women insert them inside their bodies (most commonly in vagina), supposed to promote general health and well-being relating to sexuality. Sexuality, gender, & health lecture 2 notes overview & key concepts: the idea that the only real knowledge is that which is ascertained through science. Functionalism and health: health is produced and maintained through normative interactions between individuals and society. Individual impacts health of the society, societal health impacts the individual. Illness is unnatural, deviant that causes biological or physical impairment as well as social dis-equilibrium. Influenced by marxism and critiques of the capitalist economic system (est.
