Further Research
19.1 The Social Construction of Health
Spend some time on the two web sites below. How do they present differing views of the vaccination controversy? Freedom of Choice is Not Free: Vaccination News: http://openstax.org/l/vaccination_news and Shot by Shot: Stories of Vaccine-Preventable Illnesses: http://openstax.org/l/shot_by_shot
19.2 Global Health
Study this map on global life expectancies: http://openstax.org/l/global_life_expectancies. What trends do you notice?
19.3 Health in the United States
Is ADHD a valid diagnosis and disease? Some think it is not. This article discusses this history of the issue: http://openstax.org/l/ADHD_controversy
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
Project Mosquito Net says that mosquito nets sprayed with insecticide can reduce childhood malaria deaths by half. Read more at http://openstax.org/l/project_mosquito_net
19.5 Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine
Should alcoholism and other addictions be medicalized? Read and watch a dissenting view: http://openstax.org/l/addiction_medicalization