Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sexual Dysfunction, Talcott Parsons, Sick Role

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

Document Summary

Health science the medicalization of society textbook. The medicalization od behaviour considered deviant is a historical and social process, and it is the outcome of professional and social-movement activity. Medicalization describes the process whereby nonmedical problems or phenomena become defined and treated as medical issues, usually in terms of illnesses, disorders or syndromes. Deviance can be defined as behaviours or activities that violate social expectations about what is normal. Sick role is a concept used by talcott parsons to describe the social expectations of how sick people should act and of how they are meant to be treated: describes the connection between deviance and illness. The medicalization of deviance includes categories such as alcoholism, mental disorders, substance addictions, eating disorders, sexual dysfunction, and learning disabilities. The process of medicalization has also created new categories like adhd, pms, and. Ptsd, as well as other aspects such as anxiety and mood, infertility, menopause, aging and death.