Meaning of Illness

Professional Articles -- The Social Meaning of Illness The article that I choose to use for this assignment was "The Measurement of Meaning in Illness" by Betsy L. Fife. I was assigned chapter 5, which dealt with the social meaning of illness. The chapter explored the idea of illness as a form of social control and considers the various models of illness and how they have changed over time. The Sociological model of illness refers to …

…behave. This article shows how negative social sanctions affect the individual which also help us see the sick role the individual must play. The sanctions put on the individual determine what their role in society must become as compared to what it was before they were ill. This article presented many factors of illness that need to be considered when one thinks about the meaning of illness and shows how they apply to peoples lives.