We have read that there are significant racial, class, age, gender, and sex differentials in terms of health and illness. An African American woman and a White man both see a doctor complaining of symptoms that suggest possible fibromyalgia. The White man is given a diagnosis of fibromyalgia; the African American woman is told that she likely does not exercise enough. Does the medical model of illness or the sociological model of illness explain this situation better? Why?
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