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Medical Sociology

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Week 9 Discussion: Medical Sociology & Infectious Diseases After viewing the PowerPoint (Chapter 14), watching the videos, reading the article, and watching one (1) DVD clip, respond to the following questions.  After your post, reply to one other student.  1.  Choose one of the major theories of sociology (structural functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism) and discuss how it would explain or describe society or an aspect of society during this current pandemic.The Khan Academy video will be helpful with for question the link is here for you to watch.  https://youtu.be/6c8BCZd6GXU  For example, you could look at the wearing of masks and gloves and explain thru symbolic interactionism what these symbolize now compared to one year ago. 2. After listening to the video in the Chapter 14 Powerpoint (slide18) https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/11/04/women-pain-fassler                           on gender inequality in healthcare, and reading the TIME article on inequality during COVID-19, think of another area in which inequality may increase during the pandemic (e.g. age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, country, immigrant status, etc.) and discuss how this inequality may play out in the next year. attached are videos and links that relate to the assignment and can help properly answer the questions.      https://time.com/5795651/coronavirus-workers-economy-inequality/                                                                                                                               https://youtu.be/8NGlENS1qgo                                                             https://youtu.be/D9SWRByzDSo                                                         DVD CLIP :    https://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.8/?p=/college/socio7dvd/&f=the_great_health_service_swindle&ft=mp4&s=bt&cc=1
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