sick rolesocial theoryParsons' sick role concept has become problematic in the face of the increased significance ofchronic illnesses and the growing emphasis on life-style centred health promotion. Bothdevelopments de-limit the medical system so that it extends into the world ...
He invented the "sick role," which excused service to others when ill, and he suggested that elderly people should have better social roles.Who was Talcott Parsons? Talcott Parsons was an American sociologist and one of the founders of functionalism in the social sciences. When he was born ...
the assumptions that human action is voluntary, intentional, and symbolic. Later, he became intrigued with, and involved in, an astonishing range of fields: from medical sociology (where he developed the concept of the sick role to psychoanalysis-personally undergoing full training as a lay ...
An introduc- tion to functionalist sociology: Talcott Parsons' concept of the sick role. Int J Pharm Practice 2002; 3:60-68.Bissell P, Traulsen JM, Haugbolle LS. Sociological theory and phar- macy practice research: (1) An introduction to sociology--and what it can do for pharmacy ...