HLTB41H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Darwinism, George Herbert Mead, Proletariat
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Chapter 1 imagining health problems as social issues. Introduction: the social context of health and illness. Our personal experience of illness means that we tend to view it in an individualistic way. As a product of bad luck, poor lifestyle or genetic fate. Health and illness are also social experiences. Suicide rates varied between countries and between different social groups within a country. Life expectancy in the least develop countries is significantly lower than in industrially developed and wealthy countries. The living conditions of the country in which you live can have a significant influence on your chances of enjoying a long and healthy life. Health adjusted life expectancy - number of years people can expect to live without chronic illness or disability (in canada, 74 for women and 70 for men) Health adjusted life expectancy is a refection of our distinctive living and working conditions: Life expectancy can change in a short period of time.
