Catalog 2019-2020

SOC 205 Medical Sociology

This course examines the social contexts of health, illness and health care.  Specifically, the class consists of an overview of the subjective experience of health and illness; the political, economic, and environmental circumstances that impact health; and the societal forces that shape medical systems and people’s responses to illness.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

SOC 100

Distribution

(SS)

Offered

spring semester.