PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES TO DEATH, DYING AND GRIEF

PHE5DDG

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students will be given the opportunity to explore the social, cultural and historical factors which are the context of contemporary beliefs and practices in end-of-life care. Particular attention will be paid to the experiences of dying and grieving people and their caregivers, and the response of Australian health services. The aim is for participants to develop, through a fresh understanding of the social and cultural resources available to them, a public health approach to end-of-life care, and to apply this approach in their own professional contexts.

Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Colleen Nordstrom

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: Offered subject to sufficient enrolment numbers.

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Compassionate cities: public health and end of life care	Recommended	Kellehear, A.	ROUTLEDGE, LONDON 2005.
Readings	Death and dying	Recommended	Howarth, G.	POLITY, CAMBRIDGE 2000.
Readings	The Last Dance	Recommended	de Spelder & Strickland	MAYFIELD, CA 2009

Distance Education, 2014, Semester 2, Distance Education

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Colleen Nordstrom

Class requirements

WorkShop
One 1.0 hours workshop per study period and delivered via face-to-face.
"Flexible learning package equivalent to three hours of classroom contact per week. Students will have regular contact with the subject coordinator using telephone, email, or fax. In negotiation with the coordinator, optional group meetings consisting of three 3-hour and one 1-hour sessions may be held at the City campus during the semester."

WorkShop
Three 3.0 hours workshop per study period and delivered via face-to-face.
"Flexible learning package equivalent to three hours of classroom contact per week. Students will have regular contact with the subject coordinator using telephone, email, or fax. In negotiation with the coordinator, optional group meetings consisting of three 3-hour and one 1-hour sessions may be held at the City campus during the semester."

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
One 1,500-word essay		30
One 3,000-word essay		70