HLTH344 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Health Promotion, Social Anthropology, Distributive Justice
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Looks at sociology of health in developed countries focusing on concepts of health and illness, inequalities in health etc. Social anthropology- study of people in the context of culture and society. History of medicine- contributed to understanding of medicine and medical knowledge, understanding the role of health and illness in social history, and to policy studies in health arena. The methods of social research have become an accepted part of health research in areas such as public health, primary care, health promotion and nursing. Health research includes two strands of work: first are critical studies of health from various social science perspectives which addresses questions like what illness and health are and how they are managed. Second are studies for health, from within the disciplines of public health, health promotion or health services research, in which the contributions of social science are defined in terms of the health agenda.