SOCI 225- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 138 pages long!)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 225
• Professor: James Falconer

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-without a healthy body it is difficult to do everyday things. -health is becoming more important in defining yourself: defining health: two approaches, 1. Health: the state of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g free fro(cid:373) ill(cid:374)ess or i(cid:374)jur(cid:455) *a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal or physical condition, the negative (not being sick/having a disease, 2. Health: (cid:862)health is a state of (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al, (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal, a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial well-being a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot (cid:373)erel(cid:455) the a(cid:271)se(cid:374)(cid:272)e of disease of i(cid:374)fir(cid:373)it(cid:455). (cid:863, the positive (new approach) -more is required to be healthy and to attain a state of well-being. Health: the state of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g free fro(cid:373) ill(cid:374)ess or i(cid:374)jur(cid:455) *a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal or physical condition, naturalist/descriptivist: (negative) 2: health and disease are concepts that can be described in a value- neutral manner in terms of statistical deviation from typical levels of biological functioning, health as distinct from well-being, defining health: normativist approach, 2. -maternal mortality ratio (up to 42 days after giving birth)