Sociology of health and illness
B Daly
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
Theoretical approaches in the sociology of health and illness. The social structure of health care. Inequalities and health. The political sociology of health care. The body-health, illness and healing. Health care and social control. Medical technology. The sociology of death and dying. Bioethics and the sociology of health and illness.
Assessment
One essay (2500 words): 40% * One investigative report (2500 words): 40% * Tutorial paper and presentation (1000 words): 20%
Recommended texts
Subject reader available at enrolment