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Sick Around The World Reading Assignment: The Secret Epidemic
Sociology of Health Care ~ Fall 2013

Libby Wheatley 2165 AuSable Hall wheatlee@gvsu.edu T/Th 11:30-12:30*** (616) 331-3434 And by Appointment

Rigor is Nurturing Gayle Davis, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Grand Valley State University
Sociology of Health Care ~ Sociology 356 ~ Course Description
In this course, we draw on sociological and interdisciplinary frameworks to examine features of the social construction, production, and distribution of disease, social inequalities in health, the AIDS Epidemic in Black America, Heroin Addiction in the American Southwest, and Environmental Politics and Struggles for Health. In this process, …show more content…
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Thursday September 19th Film and Discussion: Sick Around the World Reading Assignment: The Secret Epidemic, Pp. 57-125
Tuesday September 24th Topic: AIDS in Historical Perspective: The US Context Reading Assignment: The Secret Epidemic, Pp.
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