Health and illness

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by Emily O'Connell0 views·Updated May 3, 2022
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  1. for this video on health and illness.
  2. I would like to focus on the sick role in the symbolic interaction of speed,
  3. point on illness as a lived experience
  4. in class and through our lectures,
  5. we have discussed the definitions of health as a state of physical,
  6. mental and social well being,
  7. although health has been defined as an over well being,
  8. illness comes when there's a lack thereof.
  9. In lecture and in our readings we learn about the sick role
  10. created by a functional ist thinker
  11. Talcott
  12. parents
  13. who explains that sick individuals help a type developed a type of behavior,
  14. making it evident that they were indeed sick.
  15. When given an example,
  16. Giddens explains that individuals adapting to the sick role might be
  17. unable to perform standard responsibilities or be less reliable than usual.
  18. In order to explain these concepts
  19. concepts,
  20. I would like to tell the story of my stepfather Bob Bob
  21. is a 56 year old man who was part of the truckers using
  22. based in Boston
  23. since bob work was local,
  24. he did not have to travel far from work and was able
  25. to always come home at the end of the day and on weekends
  26. bob thoroughly enjoyed his time doing yard work and handiwork around the house.
  27. All of this was not his strong suit
  28. and also spend time taking his dog Freddy for walks
  29. along with taking me and my sisters on hikes or walks the trails in the woods,
  30. bob was a very active man and was always asking what should we do next
  31. from
  32. talking,
  33. taking my family on crazy bike rides,
  34. taking us to historical marks all across New
  35. England and taking us on weekend vacations.
  36. He led a very active life
  37. In 2016.
  38. My mother and Bob went to a vacation together when they had come back,
  39. Bob noticed lumps under his arm.
  40. After many doctors appointments, bob was diagnosis squamous cell,
  41. small cell carcinoma of
  42. the skin, which had metastasized to his lungs and his heart.
  43. Once he received his diagnosis,
  44. bob almost immediately began to receive treatments
  45. after treatments of radiation and chemotherapy.
  46. It seemed that after every treatment bob became sicker and sicker.
  47. Since the majority of bob's time was utilized attending treatments
  48. in dealing with the side effects of these treatments,
  49. he began to change.
  50. He no longer attended work, it was too weak to go on small adventures.
  51. At the end of life bob found it difficult to speak because
  52. he was scared he would show us how hurt he really was.
  53. So, most of the time, he was just silent
  54. bob's story highlights a symbolic interactions view of health and illness,
  55. focusing on how illness shapes an individual's life
  56. by seeing how this his illness completely changed his life,
  57. bob's illness had completely reshaped his lived experiences,
  58. bob's story is a perfect example of how one's diagnosis,
  59. not only impacts the role in society,
  60. but how an illness can change a person's self identity.
  61. Not only does bob's story relate to
  62. the symbolic interactions view of health and illness,
  63. but it supports parson's sick role that an individual
  64. becomes ill. Their role in society becomes disrupted
  65. and lecturing on our readings.
  66. We have learned about the impacts health and
  67. illness have on nearly every aspect of society.
  68. Not only does being sick impact an individual,
  69. but oftentimes a person's illness may contribute to a disruption in society
  70. from seeing firsthand how an individual's life in
  71. society can be impacted by an individual's health,
  72. it is evident that
  73. it is important for symbolic interaction. Ist
  74. must study health and illness of the population.
  75. Bob's story is a great example of how an individual's
  76. health and their participation in several changes as an individual
  77. in the society, they aren't.