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Who Gets Well? Health as a Social Problem

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Learning Objectives and Chapter Overview
    1. Learning Objectives
    2. Chapter Overview
    3. Focusing Questions
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview
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      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved
  2. Health as a Social Problem
    1. Licenses and Attributions for Health as a Social Problem
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  3. Epidemiology in the U.S.: Health Disparities by Social Location
    1. Unpacking Oppression, Healing Justice: Social Determinants of Health and ACES
    2. Health Inequalities by Race and Ethnicity
    3. Health Inequalities by Socioeconomic Status
    4. Health Inequalities by Biological Sex
    5. Health Inequalities by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
    6. Licenses and Attributions for Epidemiology in the U.S.: Health Disparities by Social Location
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  4. Sociological Theories of Health
    1. The Cultural Meaning of Illness
    2. Sick Role and Functionalist Perspective
    3. Social Disparities and the Conflict Perspective
    4. Medicalization and the Symbolic Perspective
    5. Intersectional Theories of Health
      1. Racism and Weathering
      2. The Hispanic Paradox
    6. Licenses and Attributions for Sociological Theories of Health
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  5. Health Equity is Social Justice
    1. Changing U.S. Healthcare Policy
    2. Changing Healthcare Policy Around the World
    3. Reproductive Justice is Social Justice
    4. Interdependent Health Care Solutions to COVID-19
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Health Equity is Social Justice
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  6. Chapter Summary
    1. Essential Ideas
    2. Comprehension Check
    3. Key Terms List
    4. Discuss and Do
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Summary
  7. References

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Inequality and Interdependence: Social Problems and Social Justice Copyright © by Kimberly Puttman; Kathryn Burrows; Patricia Halleran; Bethany Grace Howe; Nora Karena; Kelly Szott; and Avery Temple is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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