Sociology 3321F/G Lecture Notes - Diarrhea, Tuberculosis, Homicide
1 Feb 2013
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Medicine the social institution that involves a society"s organized ways of dealing with sickness and injury. Back in 1941, international health experts identified three components of health: physical, mental, and social. As symbolic interactionists stress, health is not an objective matter but, rather, a social construction that varies from culture to culture. Many of the leading causes of death in 1900 (e. g. , tuberculosis and diarrhea) are no longer leading causes of death today. Similarly, some leading causes of death today (e. g. , murder and suicide) were not leading causes of death in 1900. These changes indicate that health is not only a biological event; it is also social, following the contours of social change. Social status and health: infant mortality rates are twice as high for disadvantaged groups. The poorest in america can die from diseases that strike children in countries like the sudan and. Lebanon: african americans are three times more likely to be poor compared to whites.
