HLTHAGE 1AA3 Final: Health and Aging 1AA3 Exam Notes 2014 Fall Term (All Lecture/Course Notes)
2 Dec 2014
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Decision making: stone and others variables we might consider when making decisions: equality or moral relativity. Alternate definitions of what is equitable : efficiency/cost effectiveness. Getting the most out of a given input . Need carries more weight than desire or deservingness . Objective need and objective programs : liberty/individual vs. When should community or social purpose trump individual choice . John stuart mills response to prevent harm to others . Three important contemporary approaches in the social sciences: the positivist approach / the structural functionalist approach, the critical approach / conflict theory, the interpretive approach / symbolic interactionist perspective, grounded. They address the physical conditions of an individual: compliance: professionals from the biomedical sphere dictate to the individual what needs to be done; it is expected that the individual complies. Interested in quantitative analysis: criticisms: focuses on inequality and conflict and loses sight of the prevention aspect of contemporary medical practice (i. e. aids issue)
