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Fall 2025 Lecture Behavioral/Social SciencesUpper DivisionData from last updated 10/3/2025
Fall 2025
Fall 2025 Instructors:
Medical sociology provides an overview of the social determinants of health and health disparities, the experience of illness and being a patient, the organization of the medical profession, and the health care system in the United States as well as other areas of the world.
Learning Outcomes1Articulate the contours of health disparities in the contemporary US.
2Hold an informed discussion about current debates surrounding the organization of the health care system.
3Have a greater understanding of the experiences of people suffering from chronic illness.
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