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Sociological Principles and Social Change

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Political, social and economic constructs used to categorize society1 2 Currents trends on societal change and its impact1 3 Impact of cultural values and beliefs of society 2 4 Evaluating the implications of the societal change on health and social care 3 TASK 23 1 Theoretical perspective which underpins the Talcot Parsons “Sick Role” 3 2 Comparingtheabovementionedperspectivewiththesymbolic interactionism approach4 3 Explaining the concept of social construct and applying it on the sick role 5 4

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11. Political, social and economic constructs used to categorize society.....................................12 Currents trends on societal change and its impact...................................................................13 Impact of cultural values and beliefs of society.......................................................................24 Evaluating the implications of the societal change on health and social care .........................3TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................31 Theoretical perspective which underpins the Talcot Parsons “Sick Role” .............................32 Comparing the above mentioned perspective with the symbolic interactionism approach.....43 Explaining the concept of social construct and applying it on the sick role ...........................54 Analysing the strength and weakness of Talcot Parson idea of sick role .............................5TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................6Reflective account ......................................................................................................................6CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTIONHealth and social care is all about helping in relieving out individuals from physical andmental diseases (Piaget, Fraisse and Reuchlin, 2014). There are different perspectives associatedwith it which determines the style of working processed by different practitioners. In this report,social context of health and social care will be analysed. It throws light on the effect ofinequalities on the people working in the sector and different components associated with TalcottParson's Sick Role theory. Further, it identifies the changing nature of families and their effect onworking care practitioners.TASK 11. Political, social and economic constructs used to categorize societyThere is the existence of inequalities in the society with respect to hierarchies of power,prestige and privileges. They have uniform nature of access to the resources and availabilities.This categorization is done on the basis of political, social and economic constructs. Theseinequalities are prevailing in the health and social care services thereby impact significantly tothe care practitioners and service users.Economic constructs: Categorization based on economic constructs is done on thegrounds of per capita and disposable incomes on individuals. Care practitionersdesignated at different position are paid differently. Hence, services and privileges aregiven accordingly. As per the theory of Maslow, satisfied employees extend betterservices as compared to the others.Social Constructs: This division is based on the differences of many factors such asgender, religion, ethnicity, race and age. Job allotments are done on the basis of theseclassifications and responsibilities are given to them (Durkheim, 2014).Political constructs: This classification refers to the division done by government andother legislative bodies on the grounds of regions and nationalities. The above mentioned criteria of classification make the workforce diverse at health andsocial care. This has enabled to develop the effectual techniques of management to work withcoordination and in service oriented way towards providing optimum level of services.2 Currents trends on societal change and its impactThe current trends in societal change are reviewed which helps in setting the expectationof the members who live in society. There is significant change being assessed in the1
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demography of the UK population. In accordance with the given context, it is analysed that thepopulation of UK is ageing. The population statistics state that the majority of the citizens areaged. This indicates that the percentage of young people is lesser than the old one. Suchcharacteristics of the UK demography tend to shape expectation of members of society. In thisregard, people who live in society will expect that government of nation tend to introduce suchpolicies which help in providing benefits to the given section of society (Badcock, 2014). Inaddition to this, government of firm will also have to mould its plans as per the respectivepopulation profile in an effectual way. Besides this, another societal trend is related with economy. In this regard, from the givencase, it is assessed that the areas where health and social care services are delivered possess veryless employment opportunities. In addition to this, the jobs which are available in the respectivearea are poorly paid. The given situation also helps in shaping the expectation of the societymembers. In this condition, the people of social group will seek some help from the side ofgovernment in the form of allowance (Lewin, 2013). If they will not get that at that time theirmotivation level, then will be impacted in a negative way. 3 Impact of cultural values and beliefs of societyEach geographical entity possesses different cultural values and beliefs in the society.These values create the fundamentals on the basis of which working of all the activities depends:Beliefs: People living in different regions act differently as per their beliefs such as thereare places where health and social care is considered as the noble work and services arenot charged by the users. On the other hand, advancement and urge of money hascommercialized the sector at some parts where focus is laid on maximization ofoperations and profits rather than emphasizing on quality of services provided (Pathak,2012).Ethnicity: It has the considerable impact on the services provided to users. For instance;there are certain ethnic groups who have their own perspectives and values with respectto care and health practices. They have regard towards elderly or some vulnerable peoplewhich enables them to extend their due concern towards their illness and treatment.Working style: People belonging to different cultural beliefs and values have varied ideasand attitudes about medical care. There exist differences in understanding and2
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