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
Lack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesHealth 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...