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University of California-Davis Course Info
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SOC 162
Society, Culture, and Health
Analysis of how socio-cultural factors shape illness experience. Evaluation of how certain conditions come to be understood as health conditions; illness identities and biographies; doctor-patient interactions; biomedical cultures; and how race, ethnicity, and gender shape health practices.
Units: 4.0
Hours: Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s).
Recommended courses:
SOC 006 - Health and Illness
or
SOC 003 - Social Problems
and
SOC 002 - Self and Society
and
SOC 001 - Introduction to Sociology