SOC309Y1 Chapter Notes -Human T-Lymphotropic Virus, Heterosexuality, Immunodeficiency
Document Summary
Behavior, disease, and health in the twentieth-century united states: the moral valence of. Not only do americans live longer, they now die from different causes. Changing perceptions of what causes disease the nature of risk, behaviour, and responsibility reflect powerful moral beliefs. These moral beliefs implicitly and explicitly affect patterns of social behaviour and the organization and delivery of health care. Purpose of reading: attempt to examine the cultural implications and meanings of this health transition , to explore how theories of disease causality may reflect powerful social and political ideologies concerning risk and responsibility. Beginning of 20th century, infectious diseases such as malaria, smallpox, yellow fever, cholera constituted the predominant causes of death. These epidemics were widely feared as they gave a sense of there was little human control over it, as quarantine, sanitation, and medical efforts often failed to have any influence.
