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Introduction to Sociology 2e, Health and Medicine, The Social

WEBIf sociology is the systematic study of human behavior in society, medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and …

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Introduction to Sociology 2e, Health and Medicine, Health in the …

WEBThe second most common mental disorders in the United States are mood disorders; roughly 10 percent of U.S. adults are likely to be affected yearly, while 21 percent are …

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Introduction to Sociology 2e, Health and Medicine, Global Health

WEBSocial epidemiology is the study of the causes and distribution of diseases. From a global perspective, the health issues of high-income nations tend toward diseases like cancer …

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The Social Construction of Health

WEBThe Social Construction of Health. If sociology is the systematic study of human behavior in society, medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans …

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Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine

WEBEach of the three major theoretical perspectives approaches the topics of health, illness, and medicine differently. You may prefer just one of the theories that follow, or you may …

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Introduction to Sociology 2e, Health and Medicine, Comparative …

WEBUnder a socialized medicine system, the government owns and runs the system. It employs the doctors, nurses, and other staff, and it owns and runs the hospitals (Klein 2009). The …

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Introduction to Sociology 2e, Health and Medicine, Comparative …

WEBIn Canada, healthcare is publicly funded and is administered by the separate provincial and territorial governments. However, the care itself comes from private providers. This is …

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The Pursuit of Happiness

WEBSome psychologists have suggested that happiness consists of three distinct elements: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life, as shown in Figure (Seligman, 2002; …

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Psychology, Stress, Lifestyle, and Health, Regulation of Stress

WEBRegulation of Stress. As we learned in the previous section, stress —especially if it is chronic—takes a toll on our bodies and can have enormously negative health …

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Psychology, Stress, Lifestyle, and Health, Stress and Illness

WEBIf the reactions that compose the stress response are chronic or if they frequently exceed normal ranges, they can lead to cumulative wear and tear on the body, in much the …

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Introduction to Sociology 2e, Aging and the Elderly, Who Are the

WEBAs senior citizens begin to make up a larger percentage of the United States, the organizations supporting them grow stronger. (Photo courtesy of Congressman George …

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Psychology, Stress, Lifestyle, and Health, Regulation of Stress

WEBCONTROL AND STRESS. The desire and ability to predict events, make decisions, and affect outcomes—that is, to enact control in our lives—is a basic tenet of human …

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Psychology, Stress, Lifestyle, and Health, Stressors OpenEd CUNY

WEBSome stressors involve traumatic events or situations in which a person is exposed to actual or threatened death or serious injury. Stressors in this category include exposure …

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Psychology, Stress, Lifestyle, and Health, Stress and Illness

WEBIn this section, we will discuss stress and illness. As stress researcher Robert Sapolsky (1998) describes, stress-related disease emerges, predominantly, out of the fact that we …

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Psychology, Stress, Lifestyle, and Health, What Is Stress

WEBThe scientific study of how stress and other psychological factors impact health falls within the realm of health psychology, a subfield of psychology devoted to understanding the …

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Psychology, Stress, Lifestyle, and Health, What Is Stress

WEBA person at this stress level is colloquially at the top of his game, meaning he feels fully energized, focused, and can work with minimal effort and maximum efficiency. But when …

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The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices

WEBThe study of economics does not presume to tell a society what choice it should make along its production possibilities frontier. In a market-oriented economy with a democratic …

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Biology 2e, Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Human …

WEBPopulation dynamics can be applied to human population growth. Earth’s human population is growing rapidly, to the extent that some worry about the ability of the earth’s …

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