*CANCER: SOCIETY'S MALIGNANT SHADOW

Catalog description

Explores the social context of our modern understanding of the group of diseases called cancer. Stimulates critical thinking about how trends in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care are influenced by the way we view social categories such as race, gender, and socioeconomic class. Demonstrates that access to medical advances is informed by societal beliefs regarding the role of government and other authoritative institutions. (Bacc Core Course)