HLTHAGE 1AA3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 52 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Generally assume when we talk about health . About the body (heart = physical organ, implies biology) More than just pills, it is a profession. Recognized as truth: health is a biological matter, illness is best solved by medical sector and tools, and technology such as pills . What counts as health, illness and medicine in one place or time may differ greatly from one another. Menopause - in north america, frame as health problem and requires hormone treatment . Sad - commonly diagnosed mental illness, in north america, understood as character trait. Just because labeled as heathy or illness need to think about how they are constructed. Personal, cultural, social, political, economic factors all shape our de nitions of these concepts. Health studies, as a discipline, seeks to understand how these concepts are conceived and which factors in uence the way we understand them. We are also concerned with how social factors affect our health.
