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Medical Sociology

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Medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage health, illness, disease, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy.

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A medical sociologist studies the doctor-patient relationship and healthcare's socioeconomic structure, distinct from a clinician's study of a disease's biology.

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Medical sociology examines the social dimensions surrounding illness; it does not replace or compete with biomedical explanations of disease.

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