@article{Feldman_2014, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Social Context and Health}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/social-context-and-health}, abstractNote={The underlying conditions in our society influence the diseases that individuals experience as well as the resources allocated to prevent disease. Historically, the government’s reaction (or lack thereof) to HIV/AIDS offers an illustrative example of how a marginalized population experiences differential treatment in terms of health. More currently, we have an institutionalized view that smokers are due disease consequences because of their personal choice to smoke. Policies such as increased healthcare premiums neglect the underlying conditions that lead individuals to smoke. This assignment is aimed at helping students to see the ways in social context relates to health.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Feldman, Karie}, year={2014}, month={Nov.} }