Sociology of Health: Deviance as Illness - CW 1 Essay

Sociology of Health : - CW
1 Essay

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
THE FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE .................................................................................3
THE INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE.................................................................................5
LABELING APPROACH ..........................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The sociology of health and illness is the study which examines the interaction
between the society and health. Deviance is the state of some occurrence that is
unusual or unaccepted specially in society. Talcott Parsons is also known as the
founding father of the deviance and is considered to be one of the most influential
figures in sociology. Talcott Parson stated that being sick in the society eventually
results in suffering from the sanctioned deviance, this is because the individual is
considered not a productive member to the society (Nichols, 2019). The objective of this
topic is to analyse the social life affects of morbidity and the mortality rate and also vice
versa. In this project different theories and concepts of sociology of the illness can be
understood as a form of deviance is explained.
MAIN BODY
The concept of illness being understood as a deviance has been discussed a lot
social. There has been many theories explaining this topic (Counter and Spillane,
2018). Deviance means the actions or behaviours that violates the formal and informal
cultural norms. It can be laws which violates public aspects (Davis, 2018). Some of
these theories are,
THE FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE
Talcott Parsons who is the founder father of deviance was an American
sociologist famous for its social action theory and structural functionalism. Parsons was
the first one to highlight the concept of the sick role should not have been confined as
the deviant behaviour, despite its negative valuation. It is the functionalist model which
argues that illness is considered as a form of deviance that is known to disturb the
functions of a society. This structural functionalism reached its peak of influence in the
year of 1940s and 1950s. It is a framework which is for building a theory acceptable to
the society which is complex in nature and whose parts do work together for the
promotion of the solidarity and stability (Seitz and et.al,.2019). This theory looks at a