This essay delves into the hierarchical structures and power dynamics inherent in the Australian healthcare system. It begins by establishing the significance of healthcare for societal stability and growth, introducing sociological theories like functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism to analyze healthcare practices. The essay provides basic knowledge about the concept of health, medicine, and healthcare practices. The main body examines these theories in detail, including functionalism's perspective on sick roles and the physician-patient relationship, conflict theory's critique of inequalities in healthcare access, and symbolic interactionism's view of health and illness as social constructs. The essay discusses the functionalism theory in relation to health care in society is given by Talcott Parsons in 1951. He coined term sick role with relation to defining the legitimacy of the illness of an individual in society and also discusses the conflict theory. It also critiques the limitations of these theories and their relevance to contemporary healthcare challenges. Overall, the essay offers a comprehensive sociological analysis of the Australian healthcare system, highlighting the complex interplay of power, inequality, and social constructs within the healthcare landscape.