HLST 1010 Final: HLST1010_chapter2_examreview.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 1010
• Professor: Denis

Document Summary

Four elements that make up the sick role: the exemption from normal social role responsibilities, the exemption from responsibilities for his or her illness, the state of being ill is undesirable and the person wants to get well to return to a normal social role, the sick person is obligated to seek help and comply with treatment regimens. Explanation of social class differences in health studies: measurement artifacts the relationship between social class and health are inherent in the measures this problem may result in an understating class differences in health, social selection also known as the drift hypothesis that argues that health affects social mobility and therefore social class so those less healthy are less likely to achieve higher social class, cultural/ behavioral gradients in health status are the results of social class differences in behaviors, materialist class difference in health are the result of social structural differences between the class and the competitive character of capitalism.