Major Outcomes:
Discuss and define the discipline of Sociology and what it seeks to teach and explore.
Explain the major theoretical perspectives of Sociology.
Define and discuss major definitions, themes and concepts in Medical Sociology.
List the advantages and disadvantages of the Affordable Care Act.
Appraise the significant developments in the Health Care Industry in the last century.
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Cell phones and pagers should be turned off and put away
while in class.
Lateness is a distraction to your fellow students and to the instructor.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a major academic offense and will be fully punished if caught.
Plagiarism means the presentation of the ideas and/or the words of someone else as ones
own.
You commit plagiarism if you use:
Any part of another persons written words without correct documentation
Any part of another persons ideas without correct documentation
This includes any part of a book, encyclopedia, magazine article, journal article,
newspaper article, CD-ROM, or website used without correct documentation.
EXAMS: There will be a mid-term and final exam given in this course
Required Text: The Sociology of Health, Illness, & Health Care: A Critical Approach. Sixth
Edition, by Rose Weitz. ISBN-13: 978-1-111-82879-0
Evaluation
Homework Assignment
Group Project
Mid-Term Exam
Final Examination
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Group Projects
During the semester you will be required to complete a group paper or presentation
related to Medical Sociology. The project paper should have one-inch margins, be
double-spaced, and written grammatically. It will be a minimum of ten (10) pages. You
will need to use a minimum of 5 academic sources such as articles and books for this
assignment as instructed. Use websites sparingly. Websites may NOT be your sole
sources cited for projects or the majority of sources cited. You should also use APA style
to format the project paper citations and references. You may be expected to go to sites
on the Web like The New York Times to access articles as directed. The group project
may require fieldwork outside of class. Guidelines for this minimum 10-15-page class
project paper/ or presentation is attached. Should the student group elect to do an oral
presentation of their work, it should be 15 to 20 minutes in length with appropriate
PowerPoint presentations, visuals or other modes of presentation.
Note: Project papers should be submitted prior to or on or before the due date. Project
papers submitted late will be subjected to a late penalty.
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Compare and contrast this society with one other culture or society
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Conclusion
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References
1. Select an ethnic group of your choice and research how this group
approaches illness, health care, and the health care system.
2. How do the values, bias and socialization affect delivery of medical services
by the health care professionals?
3. Medical Marijuana
4. Dying with dignity
5. Approach to helping an ethnic group of your choice receive better health
care
6. Providing Health Care to the poor.
7. Improving Health Care for Women
8. Improving Health Care for the Elderly
9. Gays and Health Care
10.What is the role of the Mid Wife?
11. Most recent developments in the treatments of cancer, aids, diabetes or
another disease of your choice.
12. What is Hospice and what does it provide?
13.The Nursing Care Industry
Introduction/Chapter 1
MLK Holiday
February 1, 2016
February 8, 2016
March 7, 2016
March 14, 2016
April 4, 2016
Field Trip
May 2, 2016
Final Exam