Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionAdvanced critical analysis of the ethos of contemporary western medicine. In particular, examination of disparity in medical access, care, and provision within ethnic groups are critically synthesized with student professional experiences. Social determinants of health and illness, contemporary social theories, reconfiguring the body, the distinction between disease and illness, the sick role theory of socioeconomics of disease and care, medicalization theory, feminist theory, and health (women’s embodiment of disease), labeling theory, healing roles, emotional labor, and power dimensions within the health care system are examined within the framework of our stratified and multicultural society. 