Sociology
SOCL 3441: Sociology of Health and Illness
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Offers a substantial overview of the sociology of health and illness.
- Medical sociology is an important subfield of sociology with important links to public health, social psychology, psychology, and other medical fields.
- Emphasizes several critical areas: society and disease; theoretical understandings of health inequalities; medicalization and social control; healthcare professions and professionalization; and the American healthcare system.
- Offers students an opportunity to obtain analytical frameworks to explore other topics in medical sociology not covered in this course.
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