Natalie Gayle 13439

The London College UCK

Natalie Gayle

ID: 13439

ASSESSOR: Barabara Ocello

Introduction
I have prepared this report regarding the effects of inequalities in health and social care. It will include the meaning of social construction and stratification in the UK. I will be looking at Current trends in society in the UK as well as cultural values, beliefs and the implications of change in society that effect the health and social care sector.

Task 1 LO 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d
Social construction is something you might not be aware of. You are somewhat living in segregation depending on what gender, race and class you are. Race, class and gender don’t really mean anything. They only have a meaning because society gives them a meaning. Social construction is how society groups people and how it privileges certain groups over others. For example, you are a woman or a man because society tells you that you are, not because you choose to be. Simple as that. Just like it tells you what race you’re classified as and what social class you belong in. It is all just a social process that makes us differentiate between what’s “normal” and what’s not “normal.” http://oakes.ucsc.edu/academics/Core%20Course/oakes-core-awards-2012/laura-flores.html
Social constructionism is characterised by an emphasis on the extent to which society is actively and creatively produced by human beings. The world is portrayed as made or invented – rather than as given or taken for granted. Social worlds are interpretive nets woven by individuals and groups’ (Marshall 1998: 609) The extent to which medical knowledge can also be said to be socially constructed, that is, the degree to which medical knowledge is a product of those engaged in its practice, can be illustrated by jewson’s 1976.
( Barry.A. Yuill,Chris 2012)
There are many theories about culture, too. One