Biometrical Model Of Health

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Sociology Assignment Introduction In this assignment am going to write an essay comparing and contrasting the biometrical and sociomedical models of health. I am going to use appropriate sociological terminology and examples from the health and social care sector to demostrate, my ability to apply different sociological perspectives. The two models of health include, biometrical and socio-medical, l will start with the biometrical model. The biometrical model of health has dominated Western societies since the Industrial revolution of the mid-ninetieth century. The biometrical see the human body as a machine that can be fixed when it breaks down. They have critised for being repair, not prevention oriented, expensive, naively Utopian. Ignoring…show more content…
According to research, life expectancy rose and death rates began to fall, mostly in infants due to the improvement in sanitation and the provision of clean water, improvement on the council houses and the general improved standards of living. The social model believes that ill health is as a result of the inequalities in society and the life circumstances of the disadvantaged. Marxists believe that levels of illness differ in relation to social class, i.e. there is a high level of illness in poor areas because of poor nutrition, excessive drinking and lack of exercises, there is unequal distribution of NHS resources/ postcode lottery (the health care received depends on geographical location) e.g. South Wales is one of the deprived areas in the UK with fewer hospitals and doctors. As a result, the inverse care law formulated in 1970, the more like to need health care; the less likely you are to get it. This is because the heavily populated urban areas, resources are over- stretched while in low-affluent populated areas, resources are more abundant. Sociologists say that illness and diseases are often caused by social and environmental factors rather than physical issues, they however state that also some illness are actually caused by the doctors due to wrong medication, unnecessary surgery, wrong diagnosis,…show more content…
Biomedical model credits the work of doctors as it is scientifically proven, and believe that the doctors have worked hard to get their status, by so discredits the social, holistic and environmental factors because it cannot be proven to work, very cheap as anybody can achieve it regardless of their status. Biomedical model works in the interests of the capitalists or the affluent. On the other hand the social model considers the society, beliefs, norms and
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