Social construction of illness

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Erving_Goffman
gptkb:Peter_Conrad
gptkb:Irving_Zola
gptkbp:category gptkb:Sociology
Social theory
Health
Illness
gptkbp:contrastsWith biomedical model of illness
gptkbp:describes how society shapes definitions of illness
gptkbp:emphasizes role of culture in illness
role of institutions in illness
role of power in defining illness
gptkbp:example gptkb:HIV/AIDS
gptkb:autism_spectrum_disorder
alcoholism
mental illness
chronic fatigue syndrome
fibromyalgia
gptkbp:explores how illness categories are created
how illness is experienced
how illness is responded to
how illness is understood
gptkbp:field medical sociology
sociology of health and illness
gptkbp:focusesOn social meanings of illness
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Social construction of illness
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:public_policy
healthcare delivery
doctor-patient relationships
public perception of disease
gptkbp:influencedBy symbolic interactionism
social constructionism
gptkbp:key The Social Construction of Illness by Peter Conrad and Kristin Barker
Illness Narratives by Arthur Kleinman
Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Social_Science_&_Medicine
gptkb:Journal_of_Health_and_Social_Behavior
gptkb:Sociology_of_Health_&_Illness
gptkbp:relatedTo social constructionism
stigma
labeling theory
medicalization
gptkbp:studiedIn ethnography
discourse analysis
qualitative research
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Medicalization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7