1. Health & Medicine
Medical Sociology

2. Society shapes human health
Cultural patterns define what is or is not healthy
2/3 of U.S. adults are overweight
Social inequality
Technology
PET scans & CAT scans

3. Medical technology in poor countries
What happens as medical technology attacks infectious diseases in poor countries?
Populations increase rapidly

4. Social epidemiology
Study of the distribution of health and illness in a population

5. Major causes of deaths
Heart disease
Cancer
Stroke

6. Women are healthier and live longer
Group differences
Women VS men
Women are healthier and live longer

7. Deaths among young Americans
Accidents

8. Smoking Effects Physically & Psychologically addictive
Frequent minor illnesses
Increased prenatal death

9. Smoking (cont.) Greatest preventable cause of death
440,000 die prematurely
More than deaths from:
Alcohol, Cocaine, Heroin
Homicides, suicides, car accidents
AIDS
Combined

10. Sexually transmitted diseases
Genital herpes
Infects 1 in 5 adults
(50 Million U.S. adults)

11. Highest number of cases? Most rapidly rising rate?
AIDS worldwide
Highest number of cases?
Sub-Saharan Africa
Most rapidly rising rate?
Thailand
U.S. rate is declining

12. High risk behaviors
IV drug use (Sharing needles)
Using drugs that impair judgment
Anal Sex

13. Euthanasia
Assisting in the death of a person suffering from a terminal illness.

14. Human genetics research
Stop disease before it develops
Information about their future medical condition
Health profile of a future child