Social and Political Forces in Health

Course Number
CHL5102H
Series
5100 (Social and Behavioural Health Science)

Course Description

  • The underlying premise of this course is that health care systems do not develop in a vacuum, that is, they can only be understood in terms of the (always) historically contingent social, political and economic context within which they emerge and exist. In other words, health care systems are social systems within larger social systems.
  • The course will consist of weekly three-hour seminars at which summary critiqueparticipants will take turns in leading the group in 1) a close reading of and 2) a discussion of the required texts.

Course Objectives

  • The purpose of the course is to explore theoretically some of the major factors and forces influencing the development and nature of health care systems.

General Requirements

This course is required for SBHS doctoral students and CHL5101H is a pre-requisite for this course and/or significant prior coursework in social theory.