Marxism and healthcare

Question 1

what 4 issues do marxists focus on

Answer 1

private healthcare, heirachy, access, inequalities

Question 2

what does capitalism mean

Answer 2

healthcare is mainly focused on producing profit for drug companies so large businesses make money off the poor

Question 3

what does habitus mean

Answer 3

language of doctors may be confusing and alienating to working class so they distrust medical professionals

Question 4

what does exploitation mean

Answer 4

hospitals want to make people better so they can go back to work as soon as possible so they don’t cost the ruling class money

Question 5

what is an ideology

Answer 5

decisions about healthcare are the government’s values, any decisions are going to be favourable to keep them in power

Question 6

what do marxists argue healthcare is hidden from

Answer 6

social control

Question 7

what happens to instructions by professionals

Answer 7

they are legitimised by the medical professions behind them

Question 8

what is Navaroo highly critical of and why

Answer 8

the healthcare system as it serves to keep the proletariat subservient to the bourgeoisie

Question 9

what does Navaroo study about how doctors act

Answer 9

they act as gatekeepers who control access to healthcare and who is allowed to be ill and who needs to go back to work