SOCA03Y3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Conflict Theories, Biopower, Post-Structuralism
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Plastic surgery is becoming a global phenomenon where people are altering their bodies to gain social acceptance. Health: a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of. Complex interaction between physical, mental and social factors. Life expectancy: represents the average lifespan of a newborn and indicator of the overall. Higher life expectancy = healthier given population. Women were expected to live longer than men by 7. 4 years and has now narrowed to 4. 5. Gap between males and females has changed over time and is also due to differences in lifestyle health of a country such as men engaging in more of risk-taking behaviours. Social determinants of health: the condition in which people are born, grow, and live. Influenced by a society"s distribution of wealth, power and social resources. Largely responsible for social inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen in countries. Higher of one"s social standing = better health.
