SY3010:04
Sociology of Health and Medicine
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: 12 units of level 1 subjects
Inadmissable Subject Combination: SY2010
26 lectures, 24 tutorials. Second semester.
Staff: Mr P Reser (Townsville campus); Dr J Coughlan (Cairns campus).
Subject content as for SY2010.
Learning Objectives:
- demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the ways in which health, illness and inequalities in health status are socially constructed;
- describe and analyse in detail the relationships between health professionals, patients/consumers, governments, business and other interest groups;
- distinguish between and use in a competent sociological manner, various social theories as they are applied to the analysis of health and health care systems;
- apply a critical sociological approach to assessment of current issues in the health area.
Assessment by essay/assignment (30%); tutorial presentation/assignment (20%); examination (50%).