SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
PHE5SHI
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students explore the discipline of medical sociology and the substantive issues raised, and the theoretical perspectives developed to study them are critically examined. The provision and organisation of health care are examined with emphasis on the social and political context in which public health is pursued and ill-health treated. Based around the premise that illness is as much a social as it is a biological process, themes such as inequality, health and work, genomics, the social context of medical technology complementary and alternative health care and mental health are explored.
School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Hassan Vally
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
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Capstone subject: No
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Learning resources
An introduction to the sociology of health and illness
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prereading
Author: White, K
Year: 2008
Edition/Volume: 2ND EDN
Publisher: SAGE
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Second opinion: an introduction to health sociology
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prereading
Author: Germov, J (ed)
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Edition/Volume: 4TH EDN
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MELBOURNE
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
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