SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTHCARE

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This course provides an overview of the sociology of medicine, with a focus on the relationships between social conditions, as the context, and health and disease in human populations, as outcomes. Utilizing sociological methods of analysis, the course investigates the history, function and structure of health care institutions, the roles of patients and health care practitioners, as well as social processes and social behaviors that influence the incidence of sickness and health. PATIENT CARE (3 Credits) This course is an introduction to the concepts and techniques of patient assessment and patient care: movement techniques, vital signs, aseptic and non-aseptic control, pharmacology, contrast media and venipuncture. RADIOGRAPHIC PHYSICS (3 Credits) This course is an introduction to radiation physics; fundamentals of x-ray equipment; x-ray production and x-ray beam characteristics