SOC 202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Health Maintenance Organization, Mortality Rate, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
Document Summary
Illness is dysfunctional because it prevents people from performing their societal roles: social constructionist, social construction of illness, definition of illness is partially socially constructed, alcoholism used to be seen as deviants, now seen as having a disease. Illness receives more help and care than deviants: conflict theory, access to care issues, critiquing the profit motive, general, healthcare is indicative of larger inequalities in society, bureaucratization of the system and privatization increase cost needlessly. Improve access for minorities, poor and women: critical concepts and terms, defensive medicine, medical practice by doctors of over ordering tests in order to avoid any possible litigation in the form of malpractice suits, health maintenance organization (hmo) Impacts of pollution: environmental racism, environmental movement, critical concepts and terms, environmental racism: trend of toxic wastes and other pollutants being disproportionately dumped in/near low income, minority neighborhoods, leading to health consequences, global warming, greenhouse effect.
