SOCI 316/346 Medical Sociology

Health as a human value; Medical Sociology: Rationale and Scope; Culture, Health and Illness; Medical pluralism and hierarchy of resort; The doctor–patient encounter; Pharmaceuticals in the Developing World; Socio-cultural aspects of women’s Health; The hospital as a social system; Technology and the Sociology of health care; The socio-cultural context of nursing in Ghana; Theoretical Perspectives in Medical Sociology/Anthropology.