SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE

ANTHRO/MEDHIST 231

Provides analytical tools for the critical examination of the social, cultural, political and economic determinants of health conditions and medical practice. Pays special attention to how these factors determine how patients and providers experience and ideate disease and treatment, and how they respond to specific health care policies. Emphasizes the important role that conditions of structural violence and inequality play as determinants of health conditions in a globalized world.

C&ESOC/SOC 533

Sociological approaches to community, rural, and public health. Examines epidemiological evidence for and policy solutions to health issues that impact vulnerable populations in diverse geographic and social settings. Topics include mental health, environmental and occupational health, preventive care, substance abuse.

C&ESOC/SOC 532

Issues related to health and health care delivery in our society. Topics include social, cultural and ethical influences on consumer definitions of health and use of medical care, and on the health care system's responses.

SOCWORK 336

Examine critical perspectives of contemporary psychiatry and the mental health system, considering power structures, global and national cultural perspectives on mental health and illness, and the history, values, norms, and preferences of those served.

C&ESOC/SOC 875

Advanced topics in sociology. Topics vary.