SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: American Medical Association, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Ayurveda
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First, recall that some groups were more likely to die of the plague than others were. This fact suggests that health is not just a medical issue but also a sociological one. The first task we set ourselves here is to examine the sociological factors that account for the uneven distribution of health in society. Second, the story of the black death suggests that health problems change over time. Epidemics of various types still break out, but there can be no black death where sanitation and hygiene prevent the spread of disease. Life expectancy is the average age at death of the members of a population. Conversely, one of the great shortcomings of modern medicine is its emphasis on high- tech cures rather than on preventive and environmental measures. According to the world health organization (who), health is a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
