Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23
[Archived Catalog]
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SOC 2310 - Sociology of Health and Health Care
This course uses a sociological perspective to explore issues of health, illness, and health care among diverse populations in contexts of social inequality. It examines social and cultural patterns of health and illness, the influence of the social environment on health behavior, social inequality and health status, medical education, the social organization of health care delivery in the United States, comparative health care delivery systems, complementary and alternative medicine, emerging social issues raised by new medical technologies, and health care policy. Students use critical thinking and ethical reasoning to evaluate and address inequalities in the practice of United States health care, including disparities in health care delivery, power dynamics in the physician-patient relationship, the ethical obligations of physicians, and discrimination in health care practice based on class, gender, race, and sexualities.
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Arch: Connected World
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: OTM course: TMSBS Social & Behavioral Sciences
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to describe the social distributions of health and illness using appropriate sociological terminology.
- Students will be able to identify and discuss the social and structural contexts of health and illness.
- Students will be able to discuss the development of the medical profession and the socialization of physicians.
- Students will be able to identify and distinguish between the different types of health care practitioners.
- Students will be able to examine and evaluate central issues relating to physician power, patient needs, and the physician-patient relationship.
- Students will be able to discuss and critically analyze problems and inequalities in the US system of health care delivery.
- Students will be able to identify and critically assess ethical issues relating to health care practice and health care distribution.
- Students will be able to discuss and critically evaluate alternatives to institutionalized medicine.
- Students will be able to compare different health care systems from a global perspective.
- Students will be able to form and logically articulate a thoughtful position with regard to issues of health, illness, and healthcare that acknowledges limitations, including those stemming from the investigator’s perspective.
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