SOC-1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Talcott Parsons, Sick Role, Food Desert
30 Jan 2020
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Chapter 16: health, medicine, and society: health--the extent to which a person experiences a state of mental, physical or social well-being, more than the absence of illness. Illnesses culturally defined as legitimate entitle those afflicted to adopt the sick role. Life expectancy: white women: 81. 4, black women: 78. 4, white men: 76. 7, black men: 72. 5, minorities have been taken advantage of by medical establishment (ex. Infant mortality and birth weight (higher for blacks: access to health care. Social determinants theory--states that social status can determine a person"s health. Lower class and economic status makes it more likely to experience poor health outcomes: drift explanation--states that poor health leads to poor economic standing. Selection theory--the connection between low income and poorer health is spurious: **unknown third factor, the stress process model, health outcomes. Social characteristics --> stress exposure --> health outcomes: discrimination, major life stressors, chronic stressors.
