SOCY2236

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SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

Sociology and AnthropologySocial and Behavioral Sciences

Subject Code

SOCY

Course Number

2236

Course Description

The aim of this course is to critically examine, using a sociological perspective, the concepts of health, illness, and medicine from a global viewpoint. The overall objective is for students to rethink their stances on health related issues, resist thinking of the dominant institutional arrangements as inevitable, and reinvent the institution of healthcare to reflect and embody social justice.

Units

4