SOC 4023 - Medical Sociology

3 Credit Hour(s)

The sociological study of class, race, ethnicity, and gender and their relationship to health, illness, and morbidity. The analysis of organization, value systems, and practice of medicine and the provisions of health care in the United States, including the study of etiology of disease, the social meaning and implication of health and illness in everyday life, role of the physician, patients, and the social processes of medical services and professionals.

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SOC 4023 - Medical Sociology