? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : HEA-3-Care&Cont

Childbearing in general and midwifery in particular provide good examples of certain issues of control which are relevant to the practice of nurses and others working in health care. In this honours option we'll be looking at some of these issues.

? Pre-requisites : Nursing 1, Nursing 2, Health & Society 1A, Health & Society 1B, Health & Society 2A, Health & Society 2B, Research and Inquiry, Nature of Nursing, Pathology and Patient Care, Organisation and Management of Health Care, OR Nature of Mental Health Nursing, Therapeutics and Patient Care, The Politics and Management of Mental Illness

Home subject area

Nursing Studies, (School of Health in Social Science, Schedule D)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 11:10 13:00 Central

On completion of this course, you should be able to identify and analyse the sources and implications of control in given childbearing situations.

Two course papers 2,500-3,000 words

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Karen Taylor
Tel : (0131 6)50 3889
Email : karen.taylor@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Rosemary Mander
Tel : (0131 6)50 3896
Email : R.Mander@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.health.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/