Sociology: Concept in Health and Illness

SOCIOLOGY: CONCEPT
IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
PART 1: Theoretical perspective behind approaches to health and illness.....................................3
1.1: Two theoretical perspective to health and illness............................................................3
1.2: Parson’s sick role.............................................................................................................6
1.3: stigmatization and its potential effect upon services users..............................................8
PART 2: Model of health used within health and social care........................................................10
2.1: Evaluate two different model of healthcare delivery....................................................10
2.2: The case study provided justify a model of healthcare delivery that would be most
appropriate............................................................................................................................12
PART 3: Social inequalities influence the life chance and health status of individuals................12
3.1: The government measures morbidity and mortality across the UK..............................12
3.2: Social equalities in health and what factors influence it...............................................14
3.3: The use of health education and health promotion to improve the health of the nation15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
The sociology of health and illness is defined as the sociology of health and wellness it is
more defined as simple health sociology which helps to examine the proper communication
between society and health which is related to the proper interaction towards the social group
and community. Moreover, the main objective of this topic is to see the social life affects
morbidity and mortality rates and vice versa. This is also analyzed that sociology is and for
aspect which is related with the medical sociology which discusses the health and illness and the
relation of a social institution such as a family, employment, and school which shows various
interfaces with the sociology of the body. This is also defined as the sociology of medicine tends
to concentrate specifically on the patient practice relationship and the role of health professionals
in the social group and community. In this report, the discussion is based on the theoretical
perspectives behind the approaches of health and illness in which discrimination and potential
factor which affect the service users in a particular region they used to be indicated. As per this,
the evaluation of two models of healthcare society with the appropriate case study is well
discussed. Taking some of the interventions and social inequalities which are related to the
health status and can create discrimination in the health care society. As per this, the government
morbidity and mortality are used to be discussed by taking the social inequalities and their factor
which influence the delivery of health in the different healthcare sectors (Alegría and et. al.,
2021).
MAIN BODY
PART 1: Theoretical perspective behind approaches to health and illness
1.1: Two theoretical perspective to health and illness
The sociological perspective is defined as a set of assumptions that define the state of
reality and question which has some rational outcomes. In this, the theoretical perspective can be
understood as through which an individual look to focus or distort what the individual wants to
see it can also occur a frame which serves to both include and exclude the views of something
the field of sociology is also based on the theoretical perspectives and the capability of
assumptions about the social system which is related with the society and the family. It also
states some of the assumptions which are related with the culture, social, structure, and rules
which are followed among the social group with the various individual and this the theoretical

perspective is an important note for the research or to create the perspective of the sociology
which is related with the health and illness is to organize the thoughts and ideas which clear
about the health and illness. More often sociologists use multiple theoretical perspective names
to create various question designs and conduct research to analyze the results. It is also measured
only to understand various circumstances which are associated with the perspective of sociology
but it tends to change from time to time. In this, the two perspectives of health are to be analyzed
to conduct the health and illness perspectives which include functionalist and the interactionist
perspective (Corfee and et. al., 2019).
Functionalist approach:
According to the functionalist perspective, it is well defined that health is a vital form that
provides the stability among the society in the community and therefore sickness is a base that
can create variance among the society. Moreover, the Talcott is used to defined as the term of the
sick rule which state about the pattern of expectations and overall discussions about appropriate
behavior for the sick and those who take care of the sick peoples. In this, they stated about the
various conditions which are associated with the sick person. In this, they use to state that the
sick person has their proper role and responsibilities as per the authentication of rights. However,
the Talcott is used to be discussed from sick and they are must responsible for the better
treatment to overcome from condition probably the sick person has a right to deserving a normal
social role without any factor of discrimination and they not required to fulfill the obligation of
person. Moreover, it can also provide normal responsibilities without any factor which can create
hindrance in the social norms and their ethical viewpoint. Moreover, it is temporary and relative
to the seen variety of the endless. In this, it's required proper legislative factor and doctor which
must certify that there is less is genuine and after that, they used to isolate from the society for
them sometime (Dudina and et. al., 2019).
The responsibility of the sick person is to get well and sea technically help from the
physician to overcome the various situation. As per this, the sick persons stay in longer than the
proper that they get stigmatized. Talcott argues that seen the sick are unable to fulfill their
normal social expectations and wants but they create weakness among the society and
community. Therefore, it is also necessary for the various form of social control to bring the
behavior in the positive attribute towards the sick person because it helped to create a line to get
back with normal expectation. In this model of health, the doctor serves as a gatekeeper deciding