Chapter 1: The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care

Question 0

How do the questions sociologists ask differ from those asked by psychologists or by health care workers?

Answer 0

Sociologists ask ??? that explore social forces to find the root of the issues, framing problems as public issues.
The perspective focuses on explaining social patterns and resolving these public issues rather than personal problems.

Question 1

What is the Sociological Perspective?

Answer 1

A view of the world that focuses on social patterns rather than individual behaviors.

Question 2

Critical Approach

Answer 2

Critical sociologist recognize that regardless of how power is measured, men typically have more power than do women, adults more power than do children, whites more power than do African Americans, heterosexuals more power than do gays and lesbians and so on.

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Also emphasize how social institutions and popular beliefs can reflect or reinforce the existing distribution of power.

Question 3

What is the epidemiological transition?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What is the difference between acute and chronic diseases?

Answer 4

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Question 5

What factors caused the decline in morality between the 19th and early 20th centuries?

Answer 5

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Question 6

What are some ways a reader can tell of a journal or article or internet website is a reliable source of data?

Answer 6

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