Sociology 353 - Sociology of Medicine
Spring
2019
01
4.00
Dan Clawson
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
19936
Machmer Hall room W-15
clawson@soc.umass.edu
Literature on health and illness from three sociological perspectives: 1) epidemiological: focus on social and psychological factors as causes of disease; 2) illness-behavior perspectives: focus on variation between persons and groups in their evaluation and response to pain and symptoms; and 3) organizational: emphasis on problems in organization and delivery of medical services. Prerequisite: 100-level SOCIOL course.
Pre Req: 100 or 200 lvl SOCIOL