AHS107 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Population Ageing, Equal Protection Clause, Carcinogen

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Applied Health Sciences
• Course: AHS107
• Professor: wade wilson

Document Summary

Equality: every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination. Equity: does not preclude any law, program or activity that has its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups. Disabilities - limitations in functional performance stemming from impairments. Handicaps - resulting from disadvantages that may take the form of arbitrary barriers constructed consciously or unconsciously by society. Ses = higher rates of illness with those lower on the hierarchy or living in more unequal societies: uneven access to care and treatments. Age gender & le: canadas population is aging; expected to last until 2036 (baby bloomers, explanation for population aging: overall decline in birth rate and increase le. Women outlive men: genetic superiority of women, stereotyped machismo masculinities, higher rates of cigarette smoking among men, men more prevalent in industry workforce = carcinogen, higher alcohol consumption among men.