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10494 (v.2) Health, Health Care and Society 562



 

Area:School of Nursing and Midwifery
Contact Hours:2.0
Credits:12.5
Lecture:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Historical origins of the sociology of health and medicine. Analysis of different theoretical positions within the discipline. Historical trends in the incidence of infectious diseases. The impact of medicine on patterns of disease in social, economic and political factors underlying health and illness patterns. The origins, nature and limitations of medical knowledge.

 

 

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