Introduction to sociology C (health care)
BDN
Mr H Ballis and Mr I Hamilton
6 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Gippsland * Prohibitions: Cannot be counted towards a sociology major
The subject provides an introduction to the sociology of health and illness. It examines: (a) the social distribution and people's experience of health and illness, (b) the division of labour in health care and (c) the parts played by the state and medical profession in shaping the organisation of the health care system in Australia.
Assessment
Assignments (1500 words): 30% * Assignment: (2000 words): 40% * Seminar presentation (1500 words): 30%
Prescribed texts
Waddell C and Petersen A R (eds) Just health: Inequality in illness, care and prevention Churchill Livingstone, 1994