Sociology 2245- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 40 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2245
• Professor: Rooyakers

Document Summary

Contrasting the medical model approach with sociological perspectives. Objectives: understand that there are different ways of thinking about the problem of sickness. Identify the assumptions and implications of a medical model approach: describe how sociologists tend to approach issues of health and illness, understand the strengths and weaknesses associated with each sociological perspective. It is thus limited by its underlying assumptions and its inability to filly understand some dimensions of health. A sociological perspective: health and illness cannot be understood in reference to biology alone: there is always a social context, examines the social aspects of health and illness, for example: Illness is a form of deviance because it prevents people from fulfilling their social roles. Individual is not held responsible for being sick. Individual is exempted from normal obligations while sick: expectations. Individual must want to get well and try to do so.