Medicine: Health & Illness in Canada Chapter 15
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-2 Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Role of culture in defining health and illness, e.g., mental “illness” and mental “health” What is health? Physical, mental, and social well- being
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-3 A Continuum of Health & Illness
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-4 Functionalist Perspective The “Sick Role” Elements of the Sick Role Ambiguity in the Sick Role Gatekeepers to the Sick Role
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-5 Conflict Perspective Global Stratification and Health Care Least Industrialized Nations Most Industrialized Nations
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-6 How Many Babies Die Before Their First Birthday
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-7 Feminist Perspective Sexism in medicine The gendered experience of health and illness Role accumulation Double day Social acceptability Nurturing tendencies Differential socialization
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-8 Historical Patterns of Health Epidemiology The study of how medical disorders are distributed throughout a population Physical Health Historical trends in Canada: Were we healthier in the past? Mental Health
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-9 Issues in Health Care In Canada National Health Insurance: Its Purposes Canada Health Act 1984
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada Leading Causes of Death in Canada, 2002
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada Issues in Health Care Healthcare in Canada Comprehensive Universal Public administration Portability Accessibility SARS
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada Issues in Health Care The Development of the Sociology of Health in Canada Depersonalization Medicalization of Society Medically Assisted Suicide Euthanasia
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada Threats to Health AIDS Origins The Transmission of AIDS The Stigma of AIDS The Globalization of AIDS A Cure?
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada How Do I Get HIV/AIDS?
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada Threats to Health Globalization of Disease Drugs Alcohol Nicotine Disabling Environments
Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada The Search For Alternatives Treatment or Prevention? Effects of Values and Lifestyles