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NUS 311 Medical Sociology

HND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences14 topics

NUS 311 covers 14 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Nature and scope of medical sociology
  2. Culture, society, tradition and belief
  3. Health and illness behaviour
  4. Cultural influences on health and illness
  5. Health care pathways
  6. Acceptance and utilization of health services
  7. Scientific and traditional medical beliefs
  8. Social class and disease patterns
  9. Diseases of affluence and poverty
  10. Modern health institutions
  11. Traditional health institutions
  12. Orthodox and traditional health care systems
  13. Health practitioner-client relationships
  14. Health care delivery system and social planning in Nigeria

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Nature and scope of medical sociology

Medical sociology studies how social factors shape health, illness, and the healthcare system. Mastering its nature and scope helps students understand the social construction of disease, health inequalities, and the role of sociological theory in health policy—key themes in the NUC CCMAS, NBTE, and NCCE exams.

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