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    1. The idea of the social construction of the illness experience is based on the concept of reality as a social construction. In other words, there is no objective reality; there are only our own perceptions of it.

      This reminds me of how people with disabilities speak of their experiences interacting with others. From an outside perspective it is common it take care of people with illnesses by assisting in chores or work. To them, they're living life going on business as usual and so express frustration when they're babied, pitied, or treated fragilely.

    1. Increased access to passive transportation has led to more driving and less walking.

      This seemingly means that we should see a significant difference in cardiovascular disease in different places around the US. Denser cities where walking is more accessible would yield lower rates compared to small towns and places with less walkable space.

    1. One critique of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is that it will create a system of socialized medicine, a term that for many people in the United States has negative connotations lingering from the Cold War era and earlier.

      This paragraph doesn't describe any actual critiques of the Affordable Care Act. Unless the critique is that socialism is scary which isn't a very good argument. If the ACA has been fully enacted since 2014 then we should have measurable, statistical outcomes from the policies.

    1. Theorists using the conflict perspective suggest that issues with the healthcare system, as with most other social problems, are rooted in capitalist society.

      Does that meant that the consensus among conflict perspectivists is this? Or is it that all beliefs of this nature are inherently of conflict perspective.

    2. The responsibility of the sick person is twofold: to try to get well and to seek technically competent help from a physician. If the sick person stays ill longer than is appropriate (malingers), they may be stigmatized.

      On the topic of responsibility of sick people. The importance that you don't sicken others has been emphasized in recent years. Likewise the aggression against said... sickeners?.. has increased as well. Most people are aware of the uptick in Sinophobia and general Asian hate since covid. Anecdotally I've also noticed that people are quicker to point the blame to whoever got them sick.

    1. When looking at the social epidemiology of the United States, it is hard to miss the disparities among races.

      What about outside of the United States? In other nations with universal healthcare is there no disparity or at least a significantly lower disparity?