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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Warwick Anderson.
Prerequisite: Normally 12.5 points of first-year HPS.
Contact: Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
At the completion of the subject students will be able to examine historical shifts in medical thought and practice, and understand the social and political influences on medical research and medical care.
Content:
Historical analysis of shifts in medical thought and practice, and of the social and political influences on medical research and medical care.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words.
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr W Anderson
Contact: 26 lectures (two a week) and 13 tutorials (one a week)
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand historical shifts in medical thought and practice, and of the social and political influences on medical research and medical care
Content:
Shifts in medical thought and practice, from traditional medicine to scientific medicine; the cultural context of concepts of health and illness; the growth of medical professions and institutions; social and political influences on medical research and medical care.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words.
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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