SOCL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: American Medical Association, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Talcott Parsons
1 Dec 2017
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This latter power contributed to a problem called supplier-induced demand. In addition, doctors assumed a dominant role in their relationship with hospitals because they were the ones bringing in new patients. In the past 20 years or so, doctors have found some of their powers restricted or diminished. As health-care costs have skyrocketed, new ways of paying for health care have emerged that restrict the ability of doctors to set their own fees. What does it mean to be sick: sociologist talcott parsons developed the concept of the sick role, which assigns a sick person two rights and two obligations. Health-care system: unlike many other industrialized nations, the united states does not offer universal health care. Multiple births (often due to assisted reproductive technology) and premature births present further medical and ethical dilemmas: there are numerous health discrepancies between races in the united states, with whites having the best outcomes overall.
