SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Health Care In Canada, Socialized Medicine, Parasitic Disease
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Life expectancy average age at death of the members of a population. Social causes of illness and death: human environment factors, social class, occupation, nationality. 40000 less canadians would die annually if they had the same risk factor as the wealthiest 1/5 of the population: poverty stress levels, stress-relief are not often available to working class, stress rises due to mishaps. Lack of access to knowledge: unequal access to health resources. Race and health: aboriginals have 5-12 years less life expectancy than non-aboriginal canadians, race affects how people experience life, social exclusion housing, schools, labour market, health provision. Gender and health: medical research had been focused on men, neglect women, saving sexualized parts of the body over actual women, women face higher risk of poverty after divorce/widowhood. Affected several realms of society: individuals could be treated for such a disorder according to the dsm, individuals could be negated entry to particular nations based on the use of the.
