HLTHCR 1121 - RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL BELIEFS IN HEALTHCARE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to bring the undergraduate into a direct interface between the American Health Care Delivery System and Health Care Consumers of diverse intangible cultural heritages and socio-cultural backgrounds. Topics covered include lectures and discussions on the perception of HEALTH, health, and illness among health care providers and consumers; the cultural and institutional factors that affect the consumers' access to and use of health and HEALTH care resources; heritage consistency and its relationship to health and HEALTH/illness beliefs and religious practices; specific health/HEALTH and illness/ILLNESS beliefs and practices of selected populations; and specific issues related to the safe and effective delivery of health care, such as poverty, immigration, and the right to health care.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade

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