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The Global Transformation of Health - SOC00041H

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  • Department: Sociology
  • Module co-ordinator: Prof. Ellen Annandale
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Spring Term 2021-22

Module aims

To introduce students to the key substantive issues in the study of the global transformation of health and healthcare

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module students should have

Subject knowledge of

  • The health consequences of increasing global connectivity and mobility
  • The securitization of health and (bio)terrorism
  • .The rise of global medial tourism and its consequences
  • The global commercialisation of health (e.g trade in body parts)
  • The globalisation of new epidemics (from SARS and HIV to Obesity)
  • The impact of neoliberal politics on global health systems and the provision of healthcare
  • New and emerging forms of health stratification

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Assessment 1 - Essay 		N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Assessment 1 - Essay 		N/A 100

Module feedback

Feedback at University level can be understood as any part of the learning process which is designed to guide your progress through your degree programme by providing commentary on your work to date. So feedback means more than just written comments on written work. We aim to help you to reflect on your own learning and to feel clearer about your progress through clarifying what is expected of you informative and summative assessments. The University guidelines for feedback are available in the Guide to Assessment Standards, Marking and Feedback.

 

You will receive feedback in a number of forms:

  • On any formative (non-assessed) work, you will receive written or verbal feedback about how to improve your work (though you may not receive a mark)

  • On summative work (work that is assessed) you will receive detailed written feedback from the marker. This is intended to show areas in which you have done well, and areas in which you need to improve.

  • Your supervisor will also give you feedback on your work. S/he will be able to look across a range of your work and discuss ways in which you can build on your strengths and improve in any areas

 

Feedback on your summative written work is made available to you online via e:vision. You will receive an email telling you when it is ready to look at. You are then advised to take this work (printed out or on your laptop) to your regular meeting with your academic supervisor. Your supervisor will be able to look at your work with you and address any queries you have, as well as advise you on ways to improve your work.

 

Feedback on Exam Scripts

 

You can ask for feedback on your exam performance from your supervisor, who will go through your examination script(s) with you and discuss the areas in which you did well, and those in which you need to improve. However, you may not take the script away with you, or photocopy the script. If you would like to discuss your exam performance, please let your supervisor know at least two working days in advance of your meeting, so that they can make sure they have the script with them when you meet.

Indicative reading

  • E. Annandale (2014) The Sociology of Health and Medicine, 2nd edn, Polity.
  • J. Butler (2010) Frames of War. When is Life Grievable? Verso
  • W. Cockerham and G. Cockerham. Health and Globalization. Polity
  • S. Davis (2009) Global Politics of Health. Polity
  • D. Dickenson (2008) Body Shopping. Converting body parts into profit. One World Press.
  • S. Elbe (2010) Security and Global Health. Polity
  • J. Tritter et al. (2010) Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy. Routledge.
  • P Wald (2008) Contagious: cultures, carriers and the outbreak narrative. Duke University Press.


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