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Two roles for sociology of health & illness Employ a sociological perspective to increase understanding of - experience of health - social distribution of health disorders - role of institutions that provide care/cure Use sociology of health & illness to understand changes in society generally – e.g. consumption and consumerism Sociology in medicine v sociology of medicine (1) Sociology in medicine - somewhat accepting of medical categories - trying to satisfy objectives of health care providers & policy makers - improving effectiveness of practitioners - e.g. evidence of social causes / consequences of disease - similar to social medicine, health services research Sociology in medicine v sociology of medicine (2) Sociology of medicine Adopts a more critical / analytical approach Questions categories of biomedicine Questions the power of medicine Employs sociological theory Sometimes delivers critical political messages (Straus 1957) Three levels of analysis for IN / OF medicine (Turner 1995) 1. Individual – analyses of perceptions / experiences of health & illness 2. Social – social creation of illness (construction / causation) 3. Societal – health care systems national/global Individual level In medicine / health Health behaviour Lay beliefs Lay referral Compliance Social support and stress / psycho-social perspectives Of Medicine / health Social construction of disease categories / medical knowledge Narratives of self and identity Sociology of body
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