HLST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Talcott Parsons, Medical Sociology, Erving Goffman
24 Mar 2017
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Summary #4: sociological perspectives on health and health care (chapter 2: key points from summary. The key points listed in this chapter was branched off of sociology. Sociology is the systematic study of human society, including social structures and institutions, as well as social relations and experiences. Hence, this would offer multiple ways to understand and experience illness and health within societies and organization of the delivery of health care and differential access. Medical sociology was distinctive between sociology in medicine and sociology of medicine which was articulated by robert strauss. Strauss leaned towards a better understanding of society or sociological concepts through lens of health problems, medical settings or organization of health care. The theoretical orientation would allow this to occur as it focuses on interrelationships between individuals and groups within society and the way in which it is structured to function in order to maintain the society as a whole.
