SOAN 360 | Sociology of Health and Medicine

This course examines the sociological dimensions of health, illness and the profession of medicine. Specifically, this course will address five primary themes: 1) The social construction of health and disease and medical knowledge; 2) health and illness behavior: the study of behaviors related to staying healthy and to interpreting and responding to symptoms of illness; 3) Social Epidemiology: the study of patterns of distribution of disease and mortality in the United States; 4) the roles that patients, physicians, and other players enact in the context of healthcare settings; and 5) the socialization and organization of health care professionals.