Amy Braksmajer

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Bailey Hall 244
585-245-6201
abraksmajer@geneseo.edu
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Amy Braksmajer

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Classes

  • SOCL 213: Sociology of Medicine

    Presents social and cultural factors influencing health and illness. Looks at the roles of health care professionals, patients, and medical settings in our society. Discusses the relationships between the current health care system and the political and economic systems.

  • SOCL 314: Illness, Self & Society

    Examines health and illness as social phenomena. Focuses on how individual experience with illness is influenced by social context. Topics include the social construction of health and illness, the experience of acute and chronic diseases, the nature and role of social support, and the self and illness.