211 2.3 check the suitability of an individual’s clothing and footwear for safety and mobility. When I go into a client’s house on a morning I get out clean clothes for that day for the client to put on‚ as I get the clothes out I check that the clothes are in good condition and that the clothes are the right size for the client. I recently went to dress the client‚ I went to put some trousers on the client but the trousers were too small so I explained to the client that these weren’t suitable as
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Unit 14: physiological disorders P1: explain the nature of two physiological disorders P2: explain the signs and symptoms related to two named physiological disorders. The first physiological disorder which I’m going to interview and talk about is asthma‚ before the interview I asked him if he had time to answer and talk about how asthma had come into his life and how he discovered the physiological disorder when we was a young man. I am trying to discover the physiological disorder
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constructed. This means that there is no intrinsic cultural or social meaning to the biological process of aging. Rather‚ cultures infuse youth and age with meanings. Something is a social construction if it is a covert or overt product of social practise‚ and childhood is no exception. Childhood is a discursive construction as we categorise those of a young age into this category if they reflect innocence‚ naivety and dependence. The social construction of childhood identifies children as subordinate and adults
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Bullet point 1: Health&well-being: Health and well-being can change over time and vary between different cultures and life stages. Health and well-being can be described as the absence of physical illness‚ disease and mental distress. This is a negative definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being can be described as the achievement and maintenance of physical fitness and mental stability. This is a positive definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being as a result
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The social construction of our everyday world According to Berger & Luckman social order is explained as a human product and an ongoing human production. It is shaped by an individual in the course of his or hers ongoing externalization. Social order is not biologically‚ given or derived from any biological data in its empirical manifestations. Social order is not provided in man ’s natural environment although the specific characteristics of this may be factors in determining the characteristics
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the full weight of the need for a sense of who one is in a social context (Howard‚ 2000). Identity construction is complex for those who belong to racial minority groups associated with negative societal stereotypes and discrimination (Howard‚ 2000). This racial identity is constructed through the collision of attitudes towards both one’s own group and through other groups‚ as well as through the contextual factors such as community and social structures (Howard‚ 2000). Identify itself can be seen as
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Symbolic Interactionism: Studies of Social Construction Hundreds of years before written word‚ theories have been made about words‚ the symbolism behind them‚ and root meanings assigned by social construction. William Shakespeare can be shown as example of this with posed questions by characters in his writings. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the character Juliet poses questions that reflect the symbolism of the name of her and her star-crossed lover Romeo. “O Romeo‚ Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo. Deny
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HEALTH AS A SOCIAL PRODUCT Sociological understanding of health made it clear that health as different levels of meaning. The interpretation of each meaning changes the perception of individual understanding of health. The sociologist made it clear from many points of view that health is a social product. There is little doubt that the low standard of living and persistence of absolute poverty in the developing world are the key determinants of health. According to the world health organisation
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be an ascribed status‚ while gender was an achieved status that was constructed through psychological‚ cultural‚ and social means. Although there are many distinctions in biology between males and females‚ this does not change how gender is shaped in the lives of people. Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman believe that gender is not a set of traits‚ nor a role‚ but the product of social doings. They claim that gender itself is constituted through interaction. A case study that demonstrates this is about
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According to sociology studies‚ childhood is a permanent segment of the social structure determined by factors such as economy‚ politics‚ and technology and even though it changes in time and space‚ this approach did not exist before childhood started being analysed from a social perspective. Also childhood it’s believed to be a segment of the generational order relating to adulthood and old age. This concept has developed as a result of the changing economic circumstances and has experienced a
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