Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject explores the interrelationships between the environment, human activities and health and disease. It examines the view that physical and psychological well-being are inseparable from the state of the environment by investigating: the role of environmental factors in the expression, causation and treatment of genetic, infectious and degenerative disease; the ways in which views of health and disease are influenced by society's perceptions of its relationship with the environment; and the environmental impacts of health care in terms of energy and resource consumption and pollution. Examples will be drawn from studies of air, water or soil pollution, the prophylactic, curative or toxic effects of natural and synthetic substances, the role of the constructed environment, including cities, technology and the workplace, and comparisons of developing and developed countries.
Assessment Project (3000 words): 35% + Two essays (total of 6500 words): 55% + Class contribution: 10%