SA 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Ivan Illich, Racialization, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
11 May 2016
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Big pharma: the pharmaceutical or drug manufacturing industry, especially when viewed as a large, lucrative industry, ultimately more concerned with generating corporate profits than with improving public health. Introduction: the social side of medicine (page 343) Policy sociology: the use of sociological research and data to produce social change, especially through government or corporate policy. Critical sociology: sociology that challenges both established sociological theories and the research that sociologists do. Also contributes significantly, especially when the focus shifts to the practices of multinational pharmaceutical companies, medical schools, and privately run, for profit clinics and hospitals. Race, gender, ethnicity, age, and class all social factors can greatly affect an individual"s experience of the medical professions: the sick role (page 344) Sick role: the set of expectations that surround a sick person and the experience of being sick. The person engaged in the sick role should be expected to be granted exemption from normal social responsibilities .
