In this unit, you learned about aspects of disease
including pathophysiology of disease, disease and
immunity, human tissues and disease, and
genetic research and disease.
the lessons in this unit focused on disease mainly
from the perspectives of the fields of biology
health care, and genetics. what other fields of
study make contributions to the understanding of
disease? for example, what aspects of disease
might sociologists study? can you think of
professionals in fields other than health care who
could play a role in disease prevention such as
journalists or those in public relations?