Sociology chpt 13

the extent of a person's physical, mental, and social well-being. WHO emphasizes it 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 quality of the social environment in which she/he lives

• health

• medicine

• sick role

• The number of relationships a person has

The social institution that seeks to prevent diagnose and treat illness and to promote health in its various dimensions

• medicine

• health

• sick role

Select the two reasons for dissatisfaction with the medical establishment

• soaring health care consts

• insensitivity by the health insurance industry regarding medical payments

• Long wait times

Select the two sociological approaches to health and medicine

• they examine rates of illness to explain why people from certain social backgrounds are more likely than those from others to become sick

• Our social location in society, social class, race and ethnicity, and gender make a difference

Which theoretical perspective assumes good health and effective medical care are essential for the smooth functioning of society. patients must perform the "sick role" in order to be perceived as legitimately ill and to be exempt from their normal obligations. The physician-patient relationship is hierarchical; the physician provides instructions, and the patient needs to followm them

• functionalism

• conflict theory

• symbolic interactionism

which theoretical perspective assumes social inequality characterizes the quality of health and the equality of health care. People form disadvantaged social backgrounds are more like to become ill and to receive inadequate health care. Partly to increase their incomes, physicians have tried to control the practice of medicine and to define social problems as medical problems.

• functionalism

• conflict theory

• symbolic interactionism

which theoretical perspective assumes health and illness or social constructions; physical mental conditions have little or no objective reality but instead are considered healthy or ill conditions only if they are defined as such by a society. Physicians "manage the situation" to display their authority and medical knowledge

• functionalism

• conflict theory

• symbolic interactionism

Expectation of how people are supposed to think and act when they are ill

• sick role

• Taking prescribed medications

• Seeking medical advice

• Resting and avoiding strenuous activities

What are the 3 expectations that must be met to be considered legitimately sick according to Talcott Parsons

• sick people must want to get well

• sick people are expected to have their illness confirmed by a physician or other health care professional and follow up on advice

• sick people should not be perceived as having caused their own health problem

Why are the views by Talcott Parsons considered hierarchical in the physician patient relationship

• Physicians need cooperation of the patient to answer questions accurately and follow instructions

• Physicians have the authority to make decisions for the patient