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| Doctors have a great amount of social power, political power, and prestige for a variety of reasons: | They offer a universally valued product—health and longevity |
| There is a limited number of doctors due to | the extensive education and training and the strict regulation of the profession. |
| doctors use specific props and scripts | to assert their power. |
| Talcott Parsons | developed the concept of the sick role, which assigns a sick person rights and obligations. |
| concept of the sick role | is very individualistic and does not take into account how social conditions can affect a person’s health. |
| illness is a social construct: | what it means to be sick (or healthy) has changed throughout history and differs from one place to another. |
| Unlike many other industrialized nations, the United States does not | offer universal health care. |
| The four main types of health-care coverage in the United States are: | fee-for-service, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), Medicare, Medicaid |
| Technological advances in medicine have allowed for: | the detection of diseases, multiple births |
| There are numerous health discrepancies between races in the United States, | with whites having the best outcomes overall. |
| some of the discrepancy is due to differences | in socioeconomic status |
| implies that racism plays a role | in people’s overall health. |
| three main theories that attempt to explain why people with higher socioeconomic status have better health: | selection theory,drift explanation, social determinants theory |
| Selection theory | the connection between low income and poorer health – has mediating factors. For instance, other factors, like genetics, might affect both socioeconomic status and health. |
| The drift explanation states that there is | a connection between income and health. If you have poor health, you might be less likely to find gainful employment. |
| Social determinants theory states that | social status can determine a person’s health. |
| Married people tend to live | longer |
| Women live longer than | men |
| Large families and children born close together are | both associated with higher child mortality rates, due to greater demands on parents’ financial and emotional resources |
| The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) provides | a standard categorization of mental disorders and their definitions |
