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Functionalism
- Assumption
- Society shapes human behaviour through socialisation
- Society needs rules and regulations to create order
- People who break the rules or don't conform are 'deviant'
- People who break the rules or don't conform are 'deviant'
- Society is the sum of its parts - Everyone has a role they to play in society
- When people are ill they can't contribute
- If too many people claim to be sick society fails
- If too many people claim to be sick society fails
- There has to be consensus of norms and values
- When people are ill they can't contribute
- Society shapes human behaviour through socialisation
- The function of the healthcare system is to ensure the sick get back to work.
- If a doctor says you are sick this is permisable.
- You are now in the 'sick role'
- Society has norms
- Society has norms
- In the sick role you must:
- Not expect to take care of themselves
- Want to get better
- Seek help of professionals
- Comply with advice from professions.
- If everyone does their part formal care is functional
- Care profressionals have job and purpose
- Being sick is acceptable.
- Care profressionals have job and purpose
- If everyone does their part formal care is functional
- Comply with advice from professions.
- Seek help of professionals
- Want to get better
- Not expect to take care of themselves
- You are now in the 'sick role'
- If a doctor says you are sick this is permisable.
- Key Figure: Talcott Parsons.
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