SOC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Asthma, Social Stratification, Sick Role
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Sociology - health and medicine health: human condition measured by physical, mental and social wellbeing. They are exempt from their daily duties, you"re not suppose to like being sick, you have to actively try to get better to return to duties. The monopoly of medicine: american medical association (ama) they decide whether certain services are considered medicine eg. chiropracty/acupuncture etc. Usa medical system: fee-for-service: payment to physician >diagnoses and treatment. Interactionist perspective: medicalizatino of america . defining/labelling behaviors and conditions as medical problems. In france, there is no case of add or adhd. They do behavioral therapy for this. its not a medical issue. Normal conditions childbirth easier for a woman to squat for giving birth . we have medicalised it to laying down in these sterile conditions age: botox through hospital provider, effort to deter the signs and effects of aging.
