SOCI 380 - Medical Sociology

3 units
3 hours lecture
Enrollment Limitation: Enrollment limited to students who are accepted into the Respiratory Care Baccalaureate Degree program.
Credit, degree applicable
Transfer CSU

This course introduces students to medicine, health and illness from a sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on the social determinants of health, the social construction of illness, and medicine as a social institution. Key topics involve the industrialization of health care, the professionalization of medicine, the history of medical sociology, contemporary health care policies, the death care industry, and the relationship between patients and health care professionals. Students will examine health care disparities perpetuated by social inequalities involving race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, age, and culture.