Introduction to Sociology Course Content, Healthcare | Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Commons

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Subject:: Social Science, Sociology
Level:: Community College / Lower Division
Tags:: Sociology, Oss0212

Unit 16 Healthcare

Lesson 1
Define health and illness from a sociological perspective with attention to medicalization and the social construction of illness
Lesson 2
Apply the three major sociological perspectives to issues of health and illness
Lesson 3
Describe the U.S. Healthcare System with attention to both changes over time and current issues with the system
Lesson 4
Describe the relationship between key components of social location such as gender, social class, and race and ethnicity, and health outcomes
Lesson 5
Recognize the social basis of health and illness by comparing cross-national/cultural health disparities