Sociological Perspectives on Health & Illness
What is Health?
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
What is Social Epidemiology
study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population
A non-mainstream practice is used together with conventional medicine is what?
Complementary
What is Mental Illness?
Disorders of the brain that disrupts a person’s thinking, feeling, and/or ability to interact with others
What is Smog?
Fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants
What is Parson's Theory?
a physicians function as gatekeepers for the sick role
Morbidity Rates
disease data are presented as rates, or as the number of reports per 100,000 people
What does alternative mean as an additional technique to be healthy?
A non-mainstream practice is used in place of conventional medicine
Stigma was coined by who?
Erving Goffman
What is Human Ecology?
An area of study that’s connected with the interrelationships between people and their environment
What is the Medicalization of Society?
the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control
Mortality Rates
the rate of death in a given population
What did the 1946 Hill-Burton Act do?
Provided subsidies for building and improving hospitals, especially in rural areas
What is the definition of stigma?
The labels society uses to devalue members of certain social groups.
What is Environmental Justice?
A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards
What is infant mortality?
the number of deaths of infants under one-year old per 1,000 live births in given year
Poor health comes from poor diet, stress, and little to no healthcare in childhood or young adulthood comes from what class?
The lower class
Where was the holistic (wholistic) medical principal first developed?
China
What percent of violent crimes in the United States can be attributed to people with mental illness?
4%
What is Global Warming?
The significant rise in the earth’s surface temperatures that occurs when industrial gases like carbon dioxide turn the planet's atmosphere into a virtual greenhouse
What is the Labeling Perspective?
helps us to understand why certain people are viewed as deviant (bad kids) or criminals whereas others with similar behavior are not
How did Karl Max view the US health system?
As caring more about maximizing profits than the health and safety of its workers
What was expected by some to control health costs?
The Implementation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act
What is the Sociological Perspective?
The ideal approach to mental illness integrates the insights of labeling theory with those of the medical approach.
What is Climate Change?
An observable alteration of the global atmosphere that affects natural weather patterns for several decades