Sociology in Health: Biomedicine and its Relevance to Healthcare

LC459 Sociology in health

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Sociology in health is the concept which involves the consideration of sociological
aspects of health, illness, medicine and health care practices. Health is the condition of complete
mental, social, physical, and spiritual well-being (Nettleton, S., 2020). Illness is the situation of
minor health under which some disease or worsening of body function is identify. Illness is the
changes of normal state of health, the situation at which person want care, such as the pain,
discomfort and distress. Biomedicine is the branch of medical science which apply, biological,
medical and physiological principles in the clinical practices. Clinical research experiences
bringing medicine to life, inspiring teachers merge biomedical sciences to foster student. The
leading advancement in biomedicine is micro medical robot's, which is designed to travel inside
the body to treat infected area. This biomedical approach is developed by the impact of social
and bio-psychosocial models of health, according to this model social and psychological
elements are influencing the health illness . This assessment is about biomedicine and its
relevance to healthcare, context to the British society, along with evaluation of germ theory, that
how the use of Anti biotic changed over the years.
MAIN BODY
The social model
This model is focusing on the implementation of new changes in order to accommodate
people living with impairment (Amzat, J. and Razum, O., 2017). Social model of health is
involving different factors and condition where people are born, grow, live, work and age and
health system in which people grown. According to this model people health condition is
effected by the environment, social cultural and financial condition where they live. This model
examines all factors which contribute or effect the health, such as culture, social, political and
environment. In order to manage that by the help of effective improvement approaches in context
to the particular social factor of health issues. This SMH is developed by the social model of
disability, which was strongly advocated by the disability rights movement. The social model of
health is focusing on the all health impacting factors and effectively develop the management
plan by the identification and planing for the solution of health issues and inequality's (Sujatha,
V., 2017).
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