Are there any theories thinked to the medical and social models when carrying out social research?
There are some interesting models where the conflicting results of various approaches are in the public eye. For example, there is a huge difference in the social model and the medical model for the treatment of paychiatric issues. The indigent patient in city center goes to a public psychiatric hospital where they are handed off among a few psychologists and social workers, until a doc finally sees the patient, and prescribes a medical treatment. The patient is refered to as a “client” and is depersonified. This is in direct opposition to the wealthy suburbinite, who with the same symptoms and problem is whicked away to a private hospital where he/she is evaluated by a psychiatrist within moments, prescribed medications and other treatments by the doc, and who may have only one contact with a social worker (to confirm who is paying the bill…) You can see that the two approaches have diametrically opposed emphasis. I am sure you can find outcome studies comparing both approaches. As
