Health and Society

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the social foundations of health and illness, community responses to health problems, and the structure of health care in Canada and internationally. Topics to be covered include: morality and health, social inequality and the political economy of health and health care, the multinational pharmaceutical industry, environmental health, and the development of and 'crisis' in the Canadian Medicare system. PREREQUISITES: One 1000 level SOSA course or FYP, or Med Sci Major or permission from instructor EXCLUSIONS: SOSA 2501.03 FORMATS: Lecture