SOC100 Study Guide - Talcott Parsons, Thomas Keneally, Organizational Culture
13 Feb 2014
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Terms and people: risk & disaster, deviance, surveillance & media, sociology of health. Alternative medicine: any medical treatment that falls outside conventional western practises; alternative to biomedicine. Anomie: the state of confusion caused when the bond between individuals and social institutions breaks down (ex. disconnect parents feel from schools) Biomedicine: application of the principles of western scientific discipline (particularly biology) in diagnosis and treatment. Brain drain: a loss of intellectual capital (ex. Medical specialists leaving canada to go to the u. s. ) Catastrophe: not concerned with how likely it is rather on potential harm. China price: the true cost of china"s advantage in manufacturing, (the harm done to workers and environment, etc. ) Commodification: turn into or treat as a commodity. Conflict deviance:behaviour that is subject to debate as to whether it is deviant or not. Cultures of medicine: how we understand/treat health varies across cultures. Delinquent subculture: subordinate suture of teenage gangs (a. cohen)
