U4 THE SOCIAL CONTRUCTION OF ILLNESS

Question 1

What is social contructionism?

Answer 1

A theroretical framework that suggests variuos facets of social reality

Question 2

How is social construcutionism formed?

Answer 2

Through continuous interactions and negotiations among society’s members, instead of pure objective of physicaly reality

Question 3

Definition of social construct

Answer 3

Notion, or connotation placed on an object or event by a society, and adoted by that society depending on how they view or deal with the object or event

Question 4

Which are the social aspects of medicines?

Answer 4

• Illnes may have social causes and consequences.
• Medicine is a social act and product.
• Illnes is constructed socially

Question 5

How are health and illnes defined?

Answer 5

The individual’s ability to function acceptably on their own and the group to which they belong. It cannot be defined merely in anatomical or physological terms

Question 6

How are society, culture and illness related?

Answer 6

• Society and culture define and typify what is health and what is illness
• Every society and its culture create their own therapeutic context
• Society and culture give illness different meanings

Question 7

Diversity on the practices used to heal illness applied by each specific society during a certain period

Answer 7

There ir “official medicine” (which seeks legal protection) and “unoffical medicine” (which are available in every society)

Question 8

What are the consequences of the social image of AIDS?

Answer 8

• Stigmatization of IVH positives (discrimination in all areas)
• Hiding and spread of the illness