SOC 322LEC Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sick Role, Medical Billing, Erving Goffman

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 322LEC
• Professor: Sarah Desai

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Please review the following topics to prepare for the exam. The sick role also defines the patterned expectations of behavior for the dr-pt relationship. Parson(cid:495)s version more applicable to jews than to protestants or italian catholics. Jews and )talians more sensitive to pain compared to (cid:498)old americans(cid:499) Setting (hospital vs. home) mattered for expression of pain. Attitudes toward pain (acceptable levels and concern with meaning of pain) varied. Zborowski (1952) notes group differences in response to pain. Twaddle (1969) describes 7 variations of sick role. Does not account for behavioral variation: should seek technically competent help and cooperate with the physician, should try to get well, sickness should be viewed as undesirable by the individual, and exemption from these across groups. Does not account for type of disease physician(cid:495)s help. Applies only to acute diseases which are generally temporary and overcome with a.