SOC 2101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cybernetics, Participant Observation, Deductive Reasoning

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2101
• Professor: Louise Chartrand

Document Summary

Soc2101 midterm review: part one of lecture notes. Sociological perspectives of health, illness, and medicine >> theoretical. Readings: foucault and orthodox medicalization critique (lupton), latour, parsons, ingold, long et al. There are many perspectives, not just a medical pov. Sociology in medicine: sociological research in areas of interest which are de ned by the medical profession. Sociology of medicine: distant and critical approach when studying medicine, medical workers, and medicine"s methods of delivery. Disease: pathological process, likely physical sometimes the origin is unknown. Illness: the feelings you personally experience when you"re sick (i. e. nausea) Sickness: externally and publicly being unhealthy social role/status. Positivist view/theory: need to have proof (objective) black and white, rigid, medical science. Theory grounds you and shapes how you are looking at the world. Social science is built upon the social structural perspective: dominant in north america during 50s/60s, key in uence = talcott parsons.