Sociology of Healthcare

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Explores the social construction and organization of medical knowledge and health care systems. Critically assesses the current "crisis" in Canadian health care; explores contradictory notions of health care as a right of citizenship and a commodity; and examines inequality in health care, "alternative health," and health promotion. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000 level.