Themes/ Issues

Nearly every day of our lives we find ourselves involved in some type of social situation that provide us with meaning of who we are, our health, and our relationships. Our very identity depends on our class, age, gender/sexuality, race and ethnicity disability.
This course deals with these identities in relation to health. We will examine concepts of health, culture and ‘race’ from a cross cultural perspective. We will examine how health, disease, war, and healing are related to political and social structures, social processes, and social determinants of health within a human rights perspective. We will look at different cultural understandings of health, illness, and everyday health care practices. Our discussions will emphasize the connections between illness and the health care structures as well as the political and economic circumstances in Canada and around the world. This course will deal with current issues in discriminatory practices and mechanism that enable racism, prejudice to occur in everyday behaviours and the relationship it has with health, health care and health professionals. We will explore mechanisms that try to ensure freedom form racial discrimination within the health system.

The annotated bibliography is a critical evaluation of 4 references(to be provided) covering one of the aforementioned theme/ issues. Each of the references should contain three paragraphs.

The first paragraph should describe the author(s) and the setting and address the question of why the author(s) are authoritative/ credible sources for their work (for example past track record of similar studies.

The second paragraph should provide a synopsis of the findings and/ or the methodology of the reference.

The third paragraph should summarize the findings and should include the learner’s evaluation of the quality of the reference and its relative role in enhancing the understanding of an issue. Use critical analysis in this area.

Finally, include a concluding paragraph of all the articles at the very end to inform us how all the references have contributed to the issue/ theme and how it helped you to understand the issues involved.

**The assignment is to be conversational and interesting.

References:
1.) Carroll, William K. 2004. Corporate Power in a Globalizing World: A Study in Elite Social Organization. Toronto. Oxford University Press.

2.) McKeown, T. 1976. The Modern Rise of Population. New York, NY: Academic Press.

3.) Raphael, Dennis. 2004. Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives