HLST 1010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Structural Functionalism, Canadian Economics Association, Ontario Health Insurance Plan

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The issue that i found to be the most interesting was income inequality and the fact that as the years pass the gap between the rich and poor seem to be getting wider and wider. I wanted to look at this issue through a sociological perspective more specifically through structural functionalism. This approach by parson focuses on the fact that good health and effective health care are of essence for a society to have the ability to function, and it views. Income inequality 2 the physician-patient relationship as hierarchical. Everyone in society has a role to play in order for a society to function. But ill health impairs ones abilities to perform their role in society, and when there"s a lot of people who are unhealthy it poses as a threat to society"s stability. The role of a sick person in society is seen as deviant. Parson referred to this social role as the sick role".

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