Discuss How Health and Access to Health Care Are Influenced

question 9

Essay

Discuss how health and access to health care are influenced by social factors, in particular by race, social class, and gender.

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Definitions:

Empirical Evidence

Information that is obtained through observation and documentation of patterns and behavior through experimentation or observation.

Androgens

Steroid hormones, such as testosterone, that stimulate or control the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors.

Anatomical Differences

Variations in the physical structure of organisms, often compared within or between species.

Ostracism

The exclusion from a society or group, typically as a method of punishing or deterring undesirable behavior.