SOC213: Health and Society

This unit offers an introduction to the sociology of health, medicine and the body. The broad perspective of the unit emphasises the social construction of knowledge about health, illness and healing, the significance of power relations, and the relationship between power and knowledge. Topics: illness experience and embodiment, inequalities in health, socio-cultural constructions of the 'normal', 'healthy' body, sociological critiques of medical knowledge, especially post-structuralist and feminist critiques, the new genetics, health promotion and the new public health.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials: up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Highly recommended: S134/SOC134 Introduction to Sociology. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Notes	This unit will be useful to students majoring in Psychology; Pharmacy; Nursing; Chiropractic and Veterinary Science.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator:	The Unit Coordinator's details for this unit are currently not available.
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Contact the Unit Coordinator MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)