Sociology 2246A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Constructionism, Cartesianism, Reductionism
18 Oct 2016
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Chapter 1: the sociology of health, illness, & health care. There is a diverse range of topics sociologist can study in relation to health, illness & They can study how social forces promote health & illness & why some social groups suffer more illness than others. They can study the experiences of broad patterns of illness ex. Studying someone who lives with illness on a day-to-day basis & seeing how illness affect ppl"s sense of identity, relationships with family, or ideas about what causes illness. They can analyze the health care system: how its developed, strengths & weaknesses, how it can be improved. The 4 assumptions of the medical model approach show us that illness is a biological condition that happens within the sphere of the human body. The problem: is we direct all our attention to what is happening within individual bodies. & fail to see that illness is a social phenomenon.
