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SOCL19070 Health and Medical Sociology

Course details

Employing the concepts and theories of contemporary social theorists, this course analyses the medical model of health - both historically and comparatively. Topics covered include the reasons for the expansion of western medicine or medicalisation of society, the body and mind distinction in medical science - its consequences for health, the professionalisation of medicine, and the political economy of medicine.


Course at a glance
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Requisites: SOCL11055 Introduction to Sociology
Student Contribution Band: 1
EFTSL: 0.12500
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2012 Term One FLEX
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