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13.1 Discuss sociological concepts that relate to the body, including sexuality, health and beauty, body modifications, and risky behaviors.

Video Link:  Tattoos and Taboos 
Description: The video discusses tattoos from around the world from tribal tattoos, to body alterations, to an art form. It explains how different cultures experience and accept tattoos.

Audio Link: The Teenage State of Mind: Stress and Appearance 
Description: The audio discusses Professor Richard Lerner’s research study in which he talks and interviews students at Oakland Tech High School to examine why some kids are considered popular, while others are not.

Web Resource: South Korea: The Plastic-Surgery Capital of the World 
Description: South Korea, according to the article, has the highest rate of plastic surgery per capita in the world. A high percentage of men and woman are undergoing body augmentations in order to fit into the definition of what is currently considered beautiful in South Korea. A common high school graduation gift for a Korean teenager is a nose job or double-eyelid surgery. The article talks about the cultural reasons for this phenomenon.

13.2 Outline the issues studied in medical sociology, including the US medical profession, the healthcare system and its weaknesses and inequities, and consumerism in health care.

Video Link: How Social Theories Relate to Medicine 
Description: The video discusses and relates social theories to the field of medicine.

Audio Link:  Controversial Fertility Treatment to Recharge Old Eggs 
Description: The audio debates a new controversial fertility treatment conducted in Canada. While the community of doctors does not approve of this procedure and argue that it may be too soon to know the long-term effects after birth, the doctor who performs innovative procedure explains why he doesn't foresee any problem.

Web Resource: The Benefits of Hospice Care for Patients and Families 
Description: The website defines and explains hospice care and its benefits to terminally ill patients and families.

13.3 Discuss the influence of globalization on health, illness and disease, and healthcare.

Video Link:  Outsourcing Your Healthcare 
Description: The video provides an explanation of the concept “medical tourist.” The video explains the reasons patients undergo medical procedures in a less developed country than their own and how it affects both the individuals and the countries where the procedures are taking place.

Audio Link: The New Phenomenon of “Maternity Tourism” 
Description: The audio talks about a new phenomenon: maternity tourism or birth tourism. Pregnant women from China and other countries, travel to United States under false pretenses with the goal of giving birth in the United States to ensure that their child will automatically receive American citizenship. 

Web Resource: The World Health Organization (WHO) 
Description: The primary goals of the World Health Organization are to fund projects, which aim to support health policies and strategies globally and to provide support to the international health community. The website describes the organization’s past and future projects.