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Undergraduate Record 2017-2018 
    
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Undergraduate Record 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

SOC 2701 - Health and Welfare in Britain and America: Policy and Practice

This course has two aims: to examine key themes in the sociology of health and illness through an exploration of the delivery of health-care in Britain and the United States; and to discuss some of the major global debates in the political economy of health. The course will cover health and health systems, health inequalities, and contemporary issues in the political economy of health.



Credits: 3