SOC 278 - Medical Sociology

4 Credits

1 Units

Medical sociology provides an analytical framework for understanding the social contexts of health, illness and health care. Central topics include the subjective experience of health and illness, political, economic and environmental circumstances fostering ill health, and societal forces constraining the medical care system and individuals’ responses to illness. This field draws on traditional sociological issues and contributes to them through reformulations of such basic concepts as social systems and institutions, professionalism, social movements and social change, and social interaction and negotiation. Drawing from pluralistic perspectives, the field is concerned with basic sociological research and its implications for public policy and practice. (https://www.asanet.org/communities/sections/sites/medical-sociology). In this course, you will gain a foundational understanding of this subfield of sociology.

Prohibited: FRESHMAN CLASS STANDING
Credit Type Code: Letter Grade