SOCG 284. Contemporary Biomedicine (4 units)
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Description
Develops central themes in medical sociology in order to understand twentieth- and twenty-first century medical practice and research. Topics include authority and expertise; health inequalities; managed care; health activism; biomedical knowledge production; and the construction of medical objects and subjects. Prerequisites: graduate standing in sociology.
Prerequisite courses
SOCG 284 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have SOCG 284 as a prerequisite.