Medical Sociology:

Terms Related to Medical Sociology

• Medical, Graduate Education

  Educational programs for medical graduates entering a specialty. They include formal specialty training as well as academic work in the clinical and basic medical sciences, ...

• Medical Director

  Physicians who serve in a medical and administrative capacity as head of an organized medical staff and who also may serve as liaison for the ...

• Sociology

  A social science dealing with group relationships, patterns of collective behavior, and social organization.

• Academic Medical Center

  Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.

• Social Science

  Disciplines concerned with the interrelationships of individuals in a social environment including social organizations and institutions. Includes Sociology and Anthropology.