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Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease

  • Written by Jennifer Singh, Associate Professor of Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause diseaseLack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are...

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