SY323 Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine
 1.0
The social causes and consequences of illness from the perspective
of the three major paradigms in sociology: positivism, definitionism, and 
activism. The objective and subjective distribution and causes of illness 
in comparative cultural perspective. Medicine as an institution, ideology 
and activity of social control. Comparative analysis of health-care 
intervention organizations, personnel and systems. (Distance Education 
Course) 
Prerequisite: One of SY203*, SY280, SY281 (or permission of the
Department).
Exclusion: SY321, SY322.