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SOCY321 Sociology of Health and Medicine

Updated: 30 October 2006
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12 cp at 100 level in Sociology, including SOCY 100 or candidature in the Bachelor of Health Science
Co-requisites None
Restrictions SOCY 221
Notes alternative prerequisite is HBIO 100
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) David Gray (dgray@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The objective of this unit is to introduce the student to some of the major issues and perspectives associated with the field of medical sociology. The main topics to be covered in this unit are: sociological perspectives on health and illness; the sociology of mental illness; the sociology of death and dying; and cross-cultural approaches to illness and healing.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards.
Recommended Material
Optional
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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