Description
This course applies sociological principles to medicine, health, illness, and health care. Topics include but are not limited to: medical and sociological models of illness, epidemiology, epidemics, an (abbreviated) history of medicine in the West, public health, the social stratification of illness, medicalization and de-medicalization of illness, disability, individuals� experience of illness, the medical profession, health care systems in developing countries, health care provision, access and delivery, complementary and alternative health care, and, the contemporary U.S. health movement. (3.0 units; Online)