Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Western Main Campus

Sociology 2246A/B

SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS


This course examines how health and illness are related to social processes and social structure. We will investigate how the social organization of Canadian society influences and is influenced by the types and distribution of disease and illness. Patterns of health and illness in Canada will be studied in relation to the variables of age, gender, class and race. In addition the impact of stress, work and the environment on the health of Canadians will be addressed. This will be followed by an examination of the social experience of illness.

Antirequisite(s): Sociology 2245.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: SOCIOLOG

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