Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

SOA 265 - Health and Illness (4 Cr.)

(formerly SOC 265) (GCR Social and Behavioral Sciences area)
Examination of illness, health, and the organization of medical care from a sociological perspective, focusing on the medical system as a social institution and the history of public health and medicine. Specific topics include the reciprocal roles of patient, practitioner, and ancillary health care personnel and the social and cultural factors affecting etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Fall semester. Offered 2018-2019 and alternate years. Shope.