HLTHAGE 1AA3 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Alternative Medicine, Medicine, Medicalization

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1AA3
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Health: about the body and biology, choices- what we eat/lifestyle, good health and bad health is not a choice. Illness: feeling sick, happens in an institutional setting, visit medical professional about it. Health + illness + medicine= health studies: what counts as health, illness and medicine in one place or time may differ greatly from another. Ex: social anxiety disorder: cultural context/ medical context, 20 years ago it was just a character trait but now is diagnosed as a disorder, personal, cultural, social, political economic factors all help shape our definitions of these concepts. How mini golfing may cause a disease or disorder. Ex: why a certain neighbourhood has levels of obesity: sociological approach. Come to the conclusion that a lot of people have office jobs. Economist approachconclude that cost of vegetables have tripled which leads to more buying of unhealthy foods: anthropological approach.