Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neoliberalism, Canadian Medical Association, Friedrich Engels

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Capitalist class expands control by exploiting labour power of the working class. Humans are products of their society and have the ability of transforming social conditions. Negative association with socialism/communism: socialism: creation of societies in which private property and wealth are replaced by state ownership and distribution of economic resources, communism: communal ownership of resources, cooperation, and altruism. Social inequality and the state no longer exist. Other social conflicts: youth, environmental, and anti-nuclear movements. Importance of mass culture in comparison with the economy and merged psychoanalysis with marxism. Social inequality focus: how material conditions directly and indirectly determine the health of individuals and communities. Highlighted that the exploitation of workers for profit = dangerous work environment and poor living conditions: higher mortality and morbidity among the working class. Professional power of doctors: serve to higher class interests, place profit maximization above access to optimal health care.