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2. The sick role according to Parson is...

  • a form of social control, by there being rights and obligations that a sick person is expected to a adhere to
  • The role a person plays when they call in sick to work
  • a sub culture of sickness
  • Deviant

3. The doctor act as....... to the sick role

  • enablers
  • gate-keeper
  • diagnosers

4. there is a clinical iceberg with regards to health statistics

  • As an estimated 10% of illness is reported to the doctor
  • With lower mortality in social class 1
  • As what is health anyway?

5. Iatrogenesis refers to...

  • the notion that medical intervention can cause more harm than the condition is is trying to cure e,g. hospital acquired infections and HIV through blood transfusions (Illich, 1976)
  • how the availability of good medical care seems to vary inversely with the population served, thus those with the greatest need have the least resources whilst the middle class appear to be the main beneficiaries of the welfare state (Hart, 1971)

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