HLTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Symbolic Interactionism, Social Constructionism, Medicalization
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Study of interaction between groups and individuals in human society & involves th of human life. Examines both the macro & the micro level, examining large organizations and inst and work, as well as looking at individual behaviour such as the interactions that tak. Described as the science of society and theorists attempt to use their sociological im society such as illness and health. Functionalist theory explains society as a functioning biological organism in w/c individu contribute to its smooth running. Symbolic interactionism explains social phenomena from the perspective of its participants and so is a micro behaviour on a smaller scale than functionalism. Interactionists are interested in looking at how people interact w/ each other at dif. For them, all encounters w/ others are what creates both meaning and significance. Described by bury (1982) as biographical distribution in w/c the experience of illnes disruptive to the life experience of the sufferer.
