Course Description

SY323 Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine 1.0

The social causes and consequences of illness from the perspective of the three major paradigms in sociology: positivism, definitionism, and activism. The objective and subjective distribution and causes of illness in comparative cultural perspective. Medicine as an institution, ideology and activity of social control. Comparative analysis of health-care intervention organizations, personnel and systems. (Distance Education Course).

Prerequisite: One of SY203*, SY280, SY281 (or permission of the Department).

Exclusion: SY321, SY322.

1996-1998 Undergraduate Calendar Addendum