Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Jenny Mccarthy, Social Inequality, Viscosity
3 Apr 2016
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Health is a psycho social well being. A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing (on final) Health is as much a social as a biological issue. Overall we have seen health improve over time. As societies become more advanced, social inequality increases (health) Severe poverty in much of the world cuts life expectancy. Cities quickly became overcrowded, creating serious sanitation problems. Industrial societies manage to delay death until old age. Earlier on not dying of these diseases because were not living long enough. Men and women both die just as much. Society has made heart diseases a masculine way of looking at the disease (heart disease, pain down the arm) Angioplasty- take tiny bubbles and push them through arteries to clear out arteries. Medicine- the social institution that focuses on combating disease and improving health (important) Scientific medicine has changed the medical profession and the social profile of doctors.
