soc final ch 14

Question 1

what is the difference between health, health care, medicine and medicalization & which perspective supports medicalization, labeling and stigma?

Answer 1

• health= is the state of physical, mental and social well being
• health care= is that preventtion, managment and treatment of illness
• medicine is a social institution that deals with illness, injury and other health problems
• medicalization = nonmedical conditions or behaviors that require medical treament
• symbolic

Question 2

what is a medical-industrial complex? supported by which theory?

Answer 2

• a network of businesses that influence and affect healthcare
• conflict

Question 3

what is the difference between acute and chronic illness? list some examples

Answer 3

• acute is rapid and short-lived whereas chronic illness is long-term and develops gradually
• chronic is asthma, high blood pressure
• acute is chickenpox

Question 4

what is social epidemiology? difference between prevalance and incidence is?

Answer 4

• how societal factors affect distrubution of disease
• incidence is new cases while prevalance is at a given time

Question 5

what does disability mean? give an example.

Answer 5

• a physical or mental impairment
• Alzheimer’s disease= affects memory and thinking

Question 6

what are the top 3 preventable lifetsyle hazards? going from 1 to 3
- and what can also be included?

Answer 6

• smoking, obesity, substance abuse
• STIs

Question 7

what does substance abuse mean?
- # of binge drinking for females and males and within ___ hours.
- heavy drinking is _____ drinks per week for men, and ____ drinks for women

Answer 7

• dependence on a drug
• females is 4 or more
• males is 5 or more

heavy drinking = 15 per week men and 8 per week women

Question 8

for _____ , good health and medicine are critical for a soceitys survival and stability. & which perspective supports sick role and the physican as a gatekeeper? wats the defintion of sick role?

Answer 8

functionalist for three
- excuses ppl bc of sickness

Question 9

which sociological perspective views gender stratification in health care occupations and mens control of health care?

Answer 9

• feminism

Question 10

Unlike low-income countries, high-income countries have

Answer 10

• low infant mortality rates

Question 11

do disability increase with age?

Answer 11

• yes

Question 12

according to _____, the medical establishment is a powerful social control agent

Answer 12

• conflict

Question 13

illness and disease are socially constructed, is viewed by which sociological perspective?

Answer 13

• symbolic

Question 14

illness is dysfunctional bc it prevents people from performing expected roles. is known to what perspective?

Answer 14

• functionalism

Question 15

In the context of sociological perspectives on health and medicine, _____ believe that medicalization and labeling stigmatize some illnesses and diseases more than others

Answer 15

• symbolic

Question 16

which soligical perspective is being critized for overlooking that social class, rather than gender has a big effect on peoples health

Answer 16

• feminist

Question 17

According to _______ , the health care industry includes many groups, including doctors, lawyers, hospitals, insurance companies, banks, and real estate, among others. The industry can maintain the status quo because of the _____

Answer 17

• conflict theory, medical-industrial complex