School Of Social SciencesSociology of Medicine and Health CareWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101361.1
Discipline: SOCIOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Foundation Sociology units
Equivalent Units
B2965 - Sociology of Medicine and Health Care
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 40 credit points or 101336 - Introduction to Sociology.
About this Unit
The Sociology of Medicine and Health Care provides a critical understanding of the health services and of the structure and distribution of health care in Australia. The unit adopts a sociological approach and many of the concepts discussed in the unit derive from readings in the sociology of health or from medical sociology. However, the total content is drawn from various disciplines and much of it is descriptive in order to provide data and information that can be applied and interpreted theoretically. A major aim of this unit is to examine the inadequacy of the curative approach adopted by the health industry in improving the general well being of people, particularly disadvantaged groups within society.