SOCI 3820 Lecture Notes - Precautionary Principle, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Market Failure
9 May 2013
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Hi guys, here are the notes for the chapters in the textbook. If you haven"t had the chance to read the chapters, then i suggest that in addition to these notes you also read the chapter summary and the terms" definitions for each chapter. Chapter 12: medicine, medical dominance and public health. Origins- early societies attributed illness to spiritual/supernatural causes (evil, spirits, god, and sorcerer). Shaman used prayers, spell and sacrifices in an attempt to heal the ill person. Then hipocrates (father of medicine) argued that disease had natural causes (humoral theory). Later, christianity attributes illness as a result of sin/punishment. In the medieval era, religious dogma dominated the concept of illness/healing (based in monastery and controlled by church). The renaissance period marks the beginning of the scientific approach to medicine. Many intellectual discoveries in the field of biology/medicine was made during this time.
