Working in pairs, discuss
definitions and criticisms of the following and write your answers on the flip
charts provided:
q
World Health
Organisation concept of health
q
Western Scientific
(Medical) concept of health
Read the following case
study and answer the questions below. Write your own answers and then discuss
in small groups:
Mary is 18 years old, of
Irish Catholic descent and a student on an HNC Business Administration course
at her local college. She has been in a relationship with her boyfriend, Kevin,
aged 21, for a year. Kevin works in a call centre and comes from a Protestant
background. His family weren’t particularly happy about him seeing Mary at
first, but she gets on well with his sister. Mary drinks moderately, mostly at
weekends, as does Kevin. Neither of them smoke. Mary lives at home with her
parents on a Barratt estate in the East End of Glasgow. Kevin lives with his
mother and sister in a flat in Dennistoun.
Mary recently found out that
she was pregnant after missing her period. She hasn’t told Kevin yet and is
worried about his reaction; she isn’t sure whether she wants to go through with
the pregnancy, and her parents are going to hit the roof when they find out.
She wants to go to university but knows that having a baby may mean her plans
have to go on hold. She has told her best friend, but no one else. None of her
friends have children and she feels that she doesn’t know what to do or where
to turn.