11296 (v.4) Sociology 217 - Sociology of Health and Illness

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

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Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

11300 (v.4) Sociology 317 - Sociology of Health and Illness or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

7365 (v.4) Sociology 111 - Social Construction of Identity - Introduction to Doing Sociology or any previous version
AND
7366 (v.4) Sociology 112 - Australian Society in the Global Economy or any previous version

Syllabus:

Sociology and anthropology of health and illness. Health and illness as social events, the social distribution of illness, the biomedical model of illness. Cross-cultural variations. Migrant health. Epidemics. Healer and patient interaction. Medical and related institutions, healthcare systems and workers.

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Field of Education:

090301 Sociology

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External