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Sociology looks beyond the body

Sociology looks beyond the body

Theory map showing biomedical model, functionalism, Marxism, interactionism, feminism and postmodernism around health and disability with key ideas labelled

Health means physical, mental and social wellbeing, not just the absence of disease. Sociologists separate disease, illness, impairment and disability because what happens in the body is not the same as how society responds.

Theories and explanations of health and disability Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Sociology
  3. /Theories and explanations of health and disability

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