Sociology Program: Faculty
Dr. Martha Loustaunau Medical Sociology, Medical Ethics, Aging and Society
Education:
BS (1960) and BA (1966)University of Illinois , Champaign-Urbana Illinois
PhD. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM (1973)
Areas of Research Interest:
Multicultural Health Care, Medical Ethics
Current Projects:
I am currently working on a book called “Doctors and Other People: The Mystique of Healers and Healing”. I am also
completing a CD-ROM on Social Problems. I am also working on a 2nd edition of “The Cultural Context of Health, Illness,
and Medicine”, one of my published text books.
Recent Publications:
- Three CD-ROMs for National Social Science Association Press: Aging in Society
- Introduction to Multicultural Health Care; and Introduction to Medical and Health Care Ethics
- I also have two text books from Greenwood Publishing Group: “The Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine” with Dr. Elisa J. Sobo, (1997) and “Life, Death, and In-Between on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Asi es la vida” (1999) with Mary Sanchez-Bane.