chapter 13 Flashcards
How is sociology and medicine related?
medical practices and beliefs are social. race, gender, ethnicity, and age (social factors) all affect a persons experience in the medical field
what is policy sociology
using sociological research and data to produce social change especially through government or corporate policy
what is critical sociology
sociology that challenges sociological theories and research that sociologists do
who coined the term “sick role”
Talcott parsons
what is the meaning of “sick role”
a set of expectations that surround a sick person, allows them to be deviant
what are the 4 expectations of the sick role
- the person should have exemption from normal social responsibilities
- they shouldn’t have to take care of themselves they should be taken care of
- they are obligated to ty to get better rather than staying ill
- they are obligated to ask for professional help
What did Earl Koos discover in his studies about health
that people of higher classes were able to afford playing the sick role, and that the lower classes weren’t able to as much
what two ideas did Ivan Emke propose about Canadians and the sick role
- instead of looking at social/environmental causes of peoples sickness, we blame individual choices
- patients are assumed to be abusing the system (taking advantage of the sick role)
what was a medical breakthrough in the 19th century
the realization that every disease has a natural course it goes through and is affected by social factors such as age, sex, class, background, and culture
what is proof that ethnicity can effect the social course of disease
the spread of tuberculosis among the Inuit due too their weather (cold/arctic) and intimate closeness of families living in igloos.
54 among 10,000 died
what is biomedicine
the use of western science in the diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease
using physical tests and applying physical medicines and therapies
what is alternative medicine
treatments that fall outside biomedicine (example-reccomendkng yoga to reduce headaches instead of prescribing medicine)
what is a reductionist perspective
a perspective that connects medical conditions to single factors and single remedies rather than taking a broader set of circumstances into account
what does a “absolutist” not recognize
not recognizing that there are cultures of medicine and that every patient should be treated in the context of their culture
what is medicalization
when certain behaviours/conditions are defined as medical problems rather than a moral or legal problem
which disorder is often medicalized and why
PTSD because it is seen as a personal issue rather than causes by the environment and events
who introduced the notion of medicalization to sociology and what other term did he coin
Ivan Illich
iatrogenesis
what is iatrogenesis
health problems that are caused by health professionals
Clinical iatrogenesis
when diagnosis and cure actually cause problems worse then the diagnosis from before
(being sick and going to the hospital only to catch another disease from just being there)
social iatrogenisis
ignoring political conditions that are unhealthy (ex.workplace conditions)
cultural iatrogenesis
patients are given no credit for their role in recovery and that its all from the doctors work
what is the Big Pharma
the worlds large pharmaceutical companies
how does “medicalization” view deaf people
as people who are disabled and lack something. less human than others
how do deaf people view themselves
they view themselves as part of a cultural group with their own language and traditions and history. They don’t consider themselves disabled
what issues do immigrant doctors face
skilled doctors come to Canada for better financial opportunities, yet they have to re assess their skills and re learn everything to qualify for the “Canadian” system.
But by the time you finish all that, you still need to pay bills and fed ur family, which is why they fall back into being an uber driver, labour work, telemarketing, etc.
what issues do rural communities face when it comes to medical accessibility
in rural communities they lack doctors, the older ones retire and the young ones go to the city
it is also too time consuming to travel to the city if the issue is minor
what issues do International countries face when it comes to medical accessibility
it is expensive to educate medical professionals, and they lose them to emigration (they usually go to the US or Canada) which causes a brain drain
why do doctors often threaten to abandon us during times of need to gain power
because they know no one can replace them. Even with all the immigrant doctors ready to take their place and gain opportunities, doctors are well aware of the struggles immigrants would have to go through to get there
