Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 7/e James M. Henslin Chapter Nineteen: Medicine and Health This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program. Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Sociology and the Study of Medicine and Health Role of Sociology in the Study Study Influence of Self-Regulation, Bureaucracy, and Profit Motive Study How Illness is More than Biology Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Role of Culture in Defining Health and Illness The Components of Health Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Functionalist Perspective The Sick Role Elements of the Sick Role Ambiguity of the Sick Role Gatekeepers to the Sick Role Gender Differences in the Sick Role Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Conflict Perspective Effects of Global Stratification on Health Care Establishing a Monopoly on U.S. Health Care The Professionalism of Medicine The Monopoly of Medicine Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Historical Patterns of Health Physical Health Leading Causes of Death Were Americans Healthier in Past? Mental Health Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Issues in Health Care Medical Care: Right or Commodity? Social Inequality Malpractice Suits and Defensive Medicine Medical Incompetence Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Issues in Health Care Depersonalization: The Medical Cash Machine Conflict of Interest Medical Fraud Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Issues in Health Care Sexism in Medicine The Medicalization of Society Medically Assisted Suicide Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Curbing Costs: Issues in Health Insurance HMOs—Health Maintenance Organizations Diagnosis Related Groups National Health Insurance Rationing Medical Care Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Threats to Health HIV/AIDS Origin of AIDS Transmission of AIDS Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and AIDS Stigma of AIDS Is there a Cure? Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Threats to Health Obesity Drugs Disabling Environments Alcohol Nicotine Disabling Environments Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Threats to Health Misguided, Foolish, and Callous Experiments Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment Cold War Experiments Playing God Globalization of Disease Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Search for Alternatives Treatment or Prevention? Alternative Medicine Health Care in Global Perspective Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Future of Medicine In U.S.—Continued Fee-For-Service Cigarette Smoking Decrease Increased Knowledge of Genes Increased Technology Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005