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136-039 Medicine and Society | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-225/325. Students who have completed 136-225/325 Medicine and Society are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Warwick Anderson |
Prerequisites | 75 points of first-year subjects. see Prerequisites |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Between 10 and 12 weekly tutorials and between 20 and 24 lectures, normally two per week |
Subject Description | This course is a survey of biomedical science and medical practice over the past 2-3 centuries, emphasizing the development of biomedical science and medical care, and the experience of health and disease in a range of cultural settings. Topics include the social impact of epidemic disease; the character of epidemiological and demographic change; the framing of diseases such as chronic fatigue and AIDS; the development of medical sciences; therapeutics and technologies; the growth of health care institutions; the rise of the medical profession; alternative medicine; and the health of women and aborigines. The course evaluates the role of medicine in addressing social needs, as well as the social and economic determinants of health and disease. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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