[Health Sciences 1002A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (43 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Polzer Jessica

Document Summary

H e a l t h s c i e n c e s 1 0 0 2 a / b. Week 1: course perspective and conceptualizations of (cid:862)health(cid:863) Text chapter 1: imagining health problems as social issues, pp. Conventional approaches to health and illness focus on the biology and behaviour of individuals, health sociology focuses on the social determinants of health and illness, like education and income, the environment and working conditions. When we are ill we tend to seek medical opinions and treatments to make us well. When we think of health and illness it is difficult not to conjure(riase) images of doctors in white coats and of high-tech hospitals. We tend to view illness in an individualistic way- as a product of bad luck, poor lifestyle, or genetic fate. As individuals we all want quick and effective cures when we are unwell, and so we turn to medicine for help.