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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOCIOL 384 - Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care


3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
The course focuses on the contribution of the social sciences to the field of medical care. This is done along two dimensions: (1) Illness and treatment are defined from a sociocultural, biological perspective; (2) sociological theories and studies are then brought to bear on the problems of definitions of illness, illness behavior and the use of medical services, the organization of medical services and the future frontiers of social science in medicine.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101  (and SOCIOL 102  for sociology majors)

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