Sociology / Unit 9 Soc 1569 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Medical Sociology
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The idea
Medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage health, illness, disease, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy.
In practice
A medical sociologist studies the doctor-patient relationship and healthcare's socioeconomic structure, distinct from a clinician's study of a disease's biology.
Where people slip
Medical sociology examines the social dimensions surrounding illness; it does not replace or compete with biomedical explanations of disease.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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