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SY323* Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine 1.0

The social causes and consequences of illness from the perspective of the major paradigms in sociology. The objective and subjective distribution and causes of illness. Medicine as an institution, ideology and activity of social control. (Distance Education course)

Prerequisite: One of SY203*, SY280, SY281 (or permission of the Department).
Exclusion: SY321, SY322.


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