(3) social movements (e.g., the pro-life and pro-choice movements) that have developed around these ethical issues
Social movements are important to include in medical sociologists work. Since so many people’s opinions differ, medical sociologists need to learn all of these opinions and how they are formed, along with those principles.
Because the factors that lead to degenerative diseases are more obviously tied to social patterns and lifestyle, the necessity for sociological contributions became more apparent.
This shows how important social research is in healthcare. Cause of disease can often be confused, but learning that harmful diseases can be caused by lifestyle is an important find in medical sociology. It teaches people how to treat themselves and how their environments affect them.
As a specialization, medical sociology encompasses a body of knowledge which places health and disease in a social, cultural, and behavioral context.
I like how this explains how medical sociology brings a certain kind of social sense into medicine. Social, cultural, and behavioral aspects are often overseen in healthcare when they can sometimes be the root of medical issues.
We see how the social meanings of COVID-19 differed among groups, with some believing the virus was a hoax, some rejecting masks and vaccines, and others putting their faith in dangerous alternative treatments not endorsed by the medical community
This whole paragraph uses the idea of depiction to emphasize the meaning of “social” in this context. It shows how socially connected COVID was, tying it together with the idea of sociology. This paragraph gives us ideas on how everyone acted differently socially during COVID.