Welcome - Health and Society SOSA 2503   Health and Society
CREDIT HOURS: 3
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.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: One 1000 level SOSA course or FYP, or Med Sci Major or permission from instructor
EXCLUSIONS: SOSA 2501.03