Postgraduate Course: Sociology of Health and Illness (PGSP11069)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course will seek to understand biomedicine by exploring multiple domains: the market relations that commodify health care; the work sites in which medical practice is articulated; the research arenas that transform medical knowledge, practice and technologies; the systems of cultural meaning within which ideas of health and disease circulate; the social inequalities that structure the experience of illness and access to care; the social movements that challenge biomedical authority and expertise; and the bodies and selves that experience and are remade by illness. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should have an advanced knowledge and understanding of key concepts and theoretical approaches within the sociology of health and illness, with specific reference to:
1. the nature and status of medical power/knowledge and professional dominance in contemporary western societies
2. social diversity and inequalities in health within contemporary western societies
3. concepts and experiences of health and illness, and the social nature of relations between medical and lay worlds
4. processes of social transformation and change in health, medicine and society
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Assessment Information
one essay of approximately 4,000 words
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Roger Jeffery
Tel: (0131 6)50 3976
Email: R.Jeffery@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Cristyn King
Tel: (0131 6)51 3865
Email: cristyn.king@ed.ac.uk |
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