UT Dallas 2024 Undergraduate Catalog

SOC4372 - Health and Illness

SOC 4372 Health and Illness (3 semester credit hours) An introduction to medical sociology, this class examines the social causes of health and disease, health and illness behaviors, medicalization and the social construction of illness, global health disparities, history of and current practices in medical school and the health professions, and the formulation and implementation of health policies and programs. (3-0) R