SOCY 5110 - Sociology of Health Care

Examines the health care institutions of the United States. Issues such as the rising cost, the effect of class, racial and gender inequality, the professionalization and monopolization of roles, the current restructuring, construction of illness and health, managed care, health care for profit and ethics of health care decisions. Cross-listed with SOCY 4110. Semester Hours: 3 to 3