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13.2: Understanding Health, Medicine, and Society

Health refers to the extent of a person’s physical, mental, and social well-being. This definition, taken from the World Health Organization’s treatment of health, emphasizes that health is a complex concept that involves not just the soundness of a person’s body but also the state of a person’s mind and the quality of the social environment in which she or he lives.

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19.2: The Social Construction of Health

WebThe idea of the social construction of health emphasizes the socio-cultural aspects of the discipline’s approach to physical, objectively definable phenomena. …

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19.2: The Social Construction of Health

WebOpenStax. If sociology is the systematic study of human behavior in society, medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and …

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19.6: Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine

WebAccording to theorists working in this perspective, health and illness are both socially constructed. As we discussed in the beginning of the chapter, interactionists …

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10.2.1: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care

WebAs conceived by Talcott Parsons (1951), the functionalist perspective emphasizes that good health and effective medical care are essential for a society’s …

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19.1D: Social Class and Health

WebA person’s social class has a significant impact on their physical health, their ability to receive adequate medical care and nutrition, and their life expectancy. While …

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35.1: Introducing Health Care Economics

WebHealth care economics is a segment of economic study pertaining to the value, effectiveness, and efficiency in medical care and health care services and issues. …

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16.3: The Cultural Significance of Health

WebLearning Outcomes. If sociology is the systematic study of human behavior in society, medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and …

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16.4: Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine

WebApply functionalist, conflict theorist, and symbolic interactionist perspectives to health issues. Each of the three major sociological theoretical perspectives approach the topics …

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15.8: The Future Of Health Psychology

WebHealth psychologists will be on the forefront of work in these areas. With this focus on prevention, it is important that health psychologists move beyond studying risk …

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8.3: Medical Systems

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19.3A: Social Epidemiology and Health

WebSocial epidemiology is defined as “the branch of epidemiology that studies the social distribution and social determinants of health”; or in other words, “both specific …

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15.2: What Is Health Psychology

WebHealth psychology is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on these very issues, or more specifically, the role of psychology in maintaining …

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16.2: Supply and Demand in Health-Care Markets

WebFigure 16.2.1 16.2. 1: Two Explanations for Why Health Care in the United States Is More Expensive Than in Europe. Supply and demand offers two possible …

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19.2A: The Functionalist Perspective

WebSick role is a term used in medical sociology regarding sickness and the rights and obligations of the affected. It is a concept created by the American sociologist …

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4.4.2: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care

WebTable 4.4.2.1 4.4.2. 1 :Theory Snapshot. Theoretical perspective. Major assumptions. Functionalism. Good health and effective medical care are essential for …

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8: Prevention of Illness

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