SOC 2101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sociological Perspectives, Infant Mortality, Participant Observation

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

Document Summary

Lecture 1 sociological perspectives to health and illness. The connections between the individual and social. Sociological perspective increases understanding individual and sociology. Defines the relationship with patient, family, doctor and illness. It looks how everyone interacts within the health care system and how it can be improved. Relationships are getting better due to the sociological perspective however we are not longer poking the status quo as a result of social change. Lecture 2- how to study health, illness and society. Quantitative social science approach to health and illness. Qualitative approach to health and illness condition under study. Health indicators include life expectancy, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality rate. Rate: refers to the proportion of a specified population that experiences a given circumstance: Incidence: refers to the number of new occurrences of an event within a specified population during a specified period. Prevalence rate: refers to the total number of cases within a specified population at a specified habitat.