HLTH245 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Henry Raeburn, Public Health, Disability Insurance

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH245
• Professor: Elena Neiterman

Document Summary

Define and differentiate between disease, illness, and sickness. Identify, explain, and compare social theories related to health system and health care. Health is to be enhanced by sensible lifestyles and the equitable use of public and private resources to permit people to use their initiative individually and collectively to maintain and improve their own well-being, however they may define it. Problematizing health and illness: health = usually thought of as soundness is mind and body; Illness = a feeling of unsoundness, or that some problem exists. Definitions of theoretical frameworks: conflict paradigm, refers to sociological theories that posit a society in which social relations are characterized by opposition or opposition is embedded in social structures, e. g. What are the gender differences in the provision of unpaid caregiving. How does demographic change affect our health care system: symbolic interactionism, assumes that research participants understand their everyday lives and that seeks to discover how meanings are shared through social interaction, e. g.