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Archived Version 2012 - 2013
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Description In this module, learners explore various perspectives on health with particular reference to their moral, social and practical implications. The module will help learners towards a broad understanding of health issues which they will deepen as they progress through the BSc Health & Society programme. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Identify the principal ways in which health is conceptualised and explained 2. Discuss the value and limitations of various perspectives on health 3. Explore the moral, social and practical implications of health perspectives 4. Integrate various health perspectives in examining particular health issues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Health as a valueHealth is examined as a fundamental good through consideration of how persons are better off for being healthy, what health means and how this varies, the problematic conflation of 'the healthy' with 'the good', the potential for health fascism and why health is a worthwhile field of study.Health as biologically givenThe biological basis of health status is explored along with Arthur Frank's idea of the 'contingency of the body'. The implications of the idea of biological givenness are also considered in relation to biomedical intervention, moral blamelessness, social exclusion, power and technology.Health as a body projectThe idea that persons should 'look after their bodies' is examined. The significance of lifestyle for health status is explored along with the personal and social implications of being somehow accountable for one's own body.Health as a matter of copingThe idea of coping with stress is considered along with various personal dispositions or qualities that are often associated with positive health outcomes. These include optimism, hopefulness, resilience and hardiness.Health as unequally distributedInequalities in health are considered in relation to material circumstances, affluence and poverty, gender, ethnicity and culture, geography and place. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Programme or List of Programmes |
BHS | Bachelor of Science in Health & Society |
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