SOCI 345 - INTRO TO MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
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Department: Sociology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Credit Hours: 3
Description: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
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This course will explore the relationship between social factors and health, illness, and mortality. Topics include the stratification of health by race/ethnicity, gender, and social class; environmental context and illness; lifestyle and behavorial risks (smoking, drinking, drugs, and sexual behavior); STD's and ; and cross-national comparisons of health and patterns of disease.
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Enrollment limited to 60.
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Instructor(s): Gorman.