Health, Society and Culture

AN 382 Health, Society and Culture 4 cr.

Offered: Fall semester of odd-numbered years
Prerequisites: SO 101 or AN 100 or instructor's permission.
Bulletin Year: 2007 - 2008 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Analysis of behavioral science dimensions of health systems and health institutions at a national level, with emphasis on the United States. Discussion includes health and disease and social and cultural factors relating to the occurrence and distribution of disease. American medical systems and institutions are analyzed in comparison with medical systems in other societies. Notes:

Cross listed as SO 382.