HLTHAGE 1AA3 Final: Exam review (summary of all notes).doc

228 views55 pages

Document Summary

Lecture 3: exercise top 10 causes of death. Last class we took 5 people, with limited resources, and decided priorities. Alternate definitions of what is equitable ? (eg. is it fair to give lower ranked. Appropriate use of resources to get the most out of our dollar minimize. In england, doctors get rewarded to convince patients to stop smoking: liberty/individual vs. * negative: absence of external constraint (freedom from people who want to oppress me) * positive: presence of opportunities for choice (freedom to do something as opposed to freedom from something) Three important contemporary approaches in the social sciences: the positivist approach/the structural functionalist approach. Compte society and 3 stages of development: theological stage: one that was dominated by religion. Deity : metaphysical stage: abstract speculation and thinking. Philosophers plato, rousseau (all trying to understand social structure: positivist/structural functionalist.