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The social construction of illness: key insights and policy implicationsPeter Conrad et al. J Health Soc Behav. 2010. AbstractThe social construction of illness is a major research perspective in medical sociology. This article traces the roots of this perspective and presents three overarching constructionist findings. First, some illnesses are particularly embedded with cultural meaning--which is not directly derived from the nature of the condition--that shapes how society responds to those afflicted and influences the experience of that illness. Second, all illnesses are socially constructed at the experiential level, based on how individuals come to understand and live with their illness. Third, medical knowledge about illness and disease is not necessarily given by nature but is constructed and developed by claims-makers and interested parties. We address central policy implications of each of these findings and discuss fruitful directions for policy-relevant research in a social constructionist tradition. Social constructionism provides an important counterpoint to medicine's largely deterministic approaches to disease and illness, and it can help us broaden policy deliberations and decisions. Similar articles
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What does it mean to say that illness is a social construction and a moral status?Illness results from a combination of social and biological causes. Moral Status: Is a social condition that we believe indicates the goodness or badness, worthiness or unworthiness, of a person. From a sociological perspective, illness is not only a moral status but also a form of deviance. Deviance.
Which statement highlights the idea that mental illness can be socially constructed?Which of the following statements highlights the idea that mental illness can be socially constructed? The meanings and definitions of mental illness varies over time and place.
How could the social construction of illness help us understand hypochondria?Hypochondria: health anxiety, is worrying excessively that you are or may become seriously ill (Mayo Clinic). For people who suffer from health anxiety, the social construction of illness offers a diagnosis, different perspective/outlook, another answer to symptoms, a second opinion, etc.
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Illness is a social construction definitions may change over time and between cultures
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