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ARCHIVED 2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SOA 215 - Sociology of Health, Illness and Health Care3.00 credit hours
Sociology provides a distinct lens through which to view health, illness, treatment seeking and the organization of medical care. This course covers the theoretical orientations that guide sociological insight into these areas and the current state of empirical knowledge in the field. Topics include the social origins of illness; lay beliefs about disease; sociodemographic variations in health care utilization; the profession of medicine; the structure of the American health care system; and cross-national disparities in health and longevity. The course expands students’ critical thinking and analytic skills in order to challenge our assumptions about the social foundations of health disparities, the sovereignty of medical providers and the administration of health care.
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