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What you'll learn to do: describe the social construction of health and the theoretical perspectives on health and medicine<\/h2>\r\n\"This\r\n\r\nMedical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy. In this section, you'll learn about the importance of medical practices\u00a0and how the social construction of health explains how society both shapes medical ideas\u00a0and is shaped by them.","rendered":"

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Medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy. In this section, you’ll learn about the importance of medical practices\u00a0and how the social construction of health explains how society both shapes medical ideas\u00a0and is shaped by them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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