HLTA02H3 Chapter 2: HEALTH AND SOCIETY CHAPTER 2: PART 1
CHAPTER 2: DISCIPLINARITY IN HEALTH STUDIES
•Health and illness have social, political, cultural and economic dimensions that
extend beyond the biomedical perspective"
•DISCIPLINARTIY: notion that different disciplines have unique ways of approaching
a subject. "
•Disciplinary knowledge and boundaries influence interpretations and decisions
about health and illness"
•In this chapter we will also distinguish b/w multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary
Disciplinary Approaches to Health Studies
•Demographic change, shifting life trajectories and new forms of knowledge have
made health a complex matter"
•Increasing recognition that social issues and forces are central to both the causes
and remedies of health problems"
•Despite this understanding, HC interventions and systems are the products of a
multitude of competing political beliefs"
•In disciplinary terms, HS is composed of contributions from the following:"
•Social Sciences: sociology, psychology, geography, political science and
anthropology"
•Humanities: English, art, history"
•Wide-ranging Conceptually based fields: cultural studies, women's studies,
Aboriginal studies"
•Contributions from professional practice disciplines: nursing, social work"
•HS is deeply rooted in the “disciplinary knowledge” "
•Approach of discipline influences the way we understand the topic"
•Each discipline asks diff. questions, has its own ways of knowing and uses
varying analytical techniques"
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
