The Marxist Perspective (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards
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Marxist view: Who does medicine serve?
Marxist view: Who does medicine serve?
The capitalist class/bourgeoisie
Key Marxist concept: doctors as what?
Key Marxist concept: doctors as what?
Agents of social control
Navarro: capitalism requires what to survive?
Navarro: capitalism requires what to survive?
False consciousness
Navarro: doctors focus on what vs structural factors?
Navarro: doctors focus on what vs structural factors?
Individual lifestyle factors (diet, exercise, choices)
McKinley's view: doctors are what?
McKinley's view: doctors are what?
Well-paid members of the proletariat
Marxist term for pharmaceutical industry?
Marxist term for pharmaceutical industry?
Big pharma
Medicalising non-medical phenomena means what?
Medicalising non-medical phenomena means what?
Turning normal life experiences into medical conditions
WHO 2014: global pharma market value?
WHO 2014: global pharma market value?
Over $300 billion annually
Sick note system function (Marxist view)
Sick note system function (Marxist view)
Gatekeeping/controlling workforce participation
Le Grand (1993): Who benefited less from NHS?
Le Grand (1993): Who benefited less from NHS?
Poorer members vs middle classes
Inverse care law definition
Inverse care law definition
Lower classes get poorer care despite greater health needs
PIP/DLA assessment companies used
PIP/DLA assessment companies used
Capita and Atos
Structural factors causing illness (Navarro)
Structural factors causing illness (Navarro)
Poverty, poor housing, deprived areas, dangerous work
Marxist critique: cannot explain what?
Marxist critique: cannot explain what?
Diversity of healthcare across capitalist countries
Marxist critique: overlooks which factors?
Marxist critique: overlooks which factors?
Gender, ethnicity, and age