SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sick Role
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Health: a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Life expectancy: the average age at death of the members of a population. Life expectancy and health risks are unevenly distributed in human populations healthy populations experience less illness and longer life expectancy than unhealthy populations. Healthcare system: a nation"s clinics, hospitals, and other facilities for ensuring health and treating illness. Public health system: government-run programs that ensure access to clean drinking water, basic sewage and sanitation services, and immunization against infectious diseases. Poverty and class inequality (high stress and inability to cope) Although canada"s healthcare system ranks among the top in the world, many low-income and moderate-income canadians have limited or no access to health services. Social class a lower status means more difficulty in dealing with stress, a lack of knowledge, unequal access to health resources, and harmful effects from environmental exposure.
