1. Medicine: Health & Illness in Canada Chapter 15

2. 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

3. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-3 A Continuum of Health & Illness

4. 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

5. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-5 Conflict Perspective Global Stratification and Health Care Least Industrialized Nations Most Industrialized Nations

6. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-6 How Many Babies Die Before Their First Birthday

7. 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

8. 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

9. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-9 Issues in Health Care In Canada National Health Insurance: Its Purposes Canada Health Act 1984

10. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-10 Leading Causes of Death in Canada, 2002

11. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-11 Issues in Health Care Healthcare in Canada Comprehensive Universal Public administration Portability Accessibility SARS

12. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-12 Issues in Health Care The Development of the Sociology of Health in Canada Depersonalization Medicalization of Society Medically Assisted Suicide Euthanasia

13. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-13 Threats to Health AIDS Origins The Transmission of AIDS The Stigma of AIDS The Globalization of AIDS A Cure?

14. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-14 How Do I Get HIV/AIDS?

15. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-15 Threats to Health Globalization of Disease Drugs Alcohol Nicotine Disabling Environments

16. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada 15-16 The Search For Alternatives Treatment or Prevention? Effects of Values and Lifestyles