SOC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Social Class, Flexner Report, Absenteeism
11 Feb 2014
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Intro in 2010, betty white became oldest person to host saturday night live, winning an. Canadians have one of the most envied health care systems in world a long life without health is one few would welcome. Medical practitioners now being trained to recognize cultural beliefs that re related to medicine: ex. people from central america consider pain a consequence of imbalance of nature, ex. Sociological perspective on health and illness other people affect how we perceive own health and health of others have to consider how society defines illness, what are consequences of. If too many people are sick at the same time; undercuts our collective ability to perform tasks necessary for the continued operation of society. We socially define what is ill, to limit mass spread of sickness. sick role, refers to societal expectations about the attitudes and behaviour of a person labelled as ill sick are obligated to attempt recovery.
