Diversity in Health Care

Catalog description

Introduces students to heath care consumers from various cultural backgrounds. Emphasizes the cultural heritage and diversity existing in contemporary society and cultural factors that affect nontraditional and underrepresented consumers' access to and use of health care resources. Broadens students' perception and understanding of health/illness and the variety of meanings these terms carry for members of differing sociocultural populations. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours).