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SOCY321 Sociology of Health and Medicine
Updated: 04 September 2009| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | 12cp at 100 level in SOCY or candidature in BBiomedSc or BSc | ||||||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | SOCY221 | ||||||||||||
| Notes | None | ||||||||||||
| 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. |
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| Materials | Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. | ||||||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |