Unit 20: Health Care
This chapter examines the social organization of health care, the sociological theories that inform the analysis of health and health care, the system of inequality and other social factors that influence health, and the health care crisis in the United States. 		 


 

    Read: Chapter 20: Health Care

    Attend: Health Care

    Glossary:
    anabolic steroids anorexia nervosa; anorexia bulimia
    defensive medicine epidemiology euthanasia
    health insurance health maintenance organization (HMO) holistic medicine
    managed care Medicaid medical model
    Medicare sick role social epidemiology
    stigma