— Society, Culture, & Health

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Analysis of how socio-cultural factors shape illness experience. Evaluation of how certain conditions come to be understood as health conditions; illness identities and biographies; doctor-patient interactions; biomedical cultures; how race, ethnicity, and gender shape health practices. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Term Paper/Discussion 1 hour(s). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Domestic Diversity (DD). Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Term Paper/Discussion 1 hour(s). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Domestic Diversity (DD).