SOCI 3120 - Healthcare and Society

Institution:

Pennsylvania Western University

Subject:

Sociology

Description:

This course examines individual and societal responses to illness and disease, the social inequalities that structure the experience of illness and access to healthcare, challenges to biomedical authority and expertise, the work sites in which healthcare practice is articulated, and the role of sociology in medical research and healthcare.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.pennwest.edu/

Phone Number:

(724) 938-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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