HLST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Neoliberalism, Progressive Tax, Economic Globalization
11 Apr 2016
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Document Summary
Health studies is often involving life and death for individuals, families, communities, and entire nations as exemplified by the title of this volume, staying alive. Part i provided four important conceptual paradigms the epidemiological, sociological, political economy, and human rights. Part ii provided the latest evidence concerning the role of various social determinants of health in promoting health and explaining health inequalities. Part iii focused on the canadian health care system. Part iv related to gender, disability, pharmaceuticals, and approaches to promoting public health were carefully explored. 7 themes related to health, illness, and health care in canada: defining the field of health studies. The field of health studies is moving beyond traditional concepts of risk epidemiology and health care treatment evaluation. Consensus models, such as structural functionalism, focus on the interrelationships between social structures and individuals and how societal order is maintained. Conflict models is focused on the tensions inherent in societies and the role played by power.
