WHO, 1986 defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Therefore, it is considered as much a social as a biological issue. “Healthy” is widely used in the framework of “healthy environments” regarding its impact on benefits to humans. In addition to health care interventions and the environment in which a person lives, numerous other factors are known to influence the health status of individuals, including their background, lifestyle, and economic and social conditions. In addition to health interventions and the environment in which a person lives, numerous other factors are known to influence the health status of individuals, including background, lifestyle, and economic and social conditions. When health conditions are not met, then one can be considered sick or ill. To treat and/or reduce the symptoms of a disease or medical condition, healthcare professionals use and prescribe medications and the science of pharmacology. The definitions for the sociology of health and illness are defined as; Illness or feeling ill is undoubtedly a personal matter of illness or ill health, and illness is a social state or social role. While many people believe that science alone determines disease, this sociological view emphasizes that society also determines disease. In this article I will describe the theoretical approach, perspectives, strengths, limitations and assumptions of this theory in relation to health. There will be an examination of how the theory can be interpreted, understood or experienced using CRT and Intersectionality. The final outcome will identify how my analysis might have implications for social work practice at both a micro and macro level and will include practice...... middle of paper ...... e.g. A. July-September 2004. Symbolic Interactionism and Social Work: A Forgotten Legacy, Part 1: Families in Society; 85, 3; Research Library p. 3916. Goffman E (1968) Asylums, Pelican: Harmondsworth.7. Lemert, E. M. (1974). Beyond Mead: The social reaction to deviance. Social Problems, 21,457-68.8. Morgan M. (1997). The doctor-patient relationship. In Scambler (ed.) Sociology applied to medicine. Philadelphia PA, WB Saunders Company.9. Parsons, Talcott. 1951. The social system. Glencoe, IL: Free Press.10. Stewart M, Roter D (eds) 1989 Communicating with medical patients. Sage, London11. The Society for more creative discourse. (1996). Symbolic interactionism as defined by Herbert Blumer. http://www.thepoint.net/-usul/text/blumer.html12. The new definition proposed by the WHO. 101st session of the WHO Executive Board, Geneva, January 1998. Resolution EB101.R2)