Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course analyzes the social contexts of health, illness, medicine, and medical care. Through empirical research and theory, changing concepts of health, illness and medical practice are examined through their socio-historical, interactional, institutional, and intersectional contexts. Topics include: social epidemiology, the biomedical and social construction of health/illness, the medical model, the experience of illness, the transformations of health professions including the health work force, inequalities of and access to health care, medical technology, and global comparisons of health care and health care reform. Optional field trips may be offered. 