Schedule
Tue-Thu, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM (1/9/2009 - 5/4/2009) Location: WILEY TH 307
Tue-Thu, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM (1/9/2009 - 1/16/2009) Location: WILEY TH 313
Description
An application of the perspectives, conceptualizations, theories, and methodologies of sociology to phenomena having to do with human health and illness. Health and disease are placed in a social, cultural, and behavioral context. Topics to be examined include the effects of social factors such as age, sex, race, and social class on health and illness; differential access to health care services among subgroups of the US population, including Hispanics, Blacks, Native Americans, and the elderly; strains in the organization and delivery of health care in the US; a cross-cultural overview of the US health care system; government and private sector involvement in the delivery of health services in the US.