Health Sociology

Topic: Health Sociology Order Description Assessment Two Description/Focus: Assessment Two - Essay covering Modules 4, 5 and 6 Value: 40% of the total grade Due Date: May 29, 2016 2359 Central Standard Time Length: 2250 words (excluding references and cover page) Task: Students should write a 2250-word essay on One of the following topics: 1) Analyse the statement, ' Mental illness is a social problem' . To examine this question draw on one or two of the concepts of class, poverty, ethnicity, gender or race. 2) Analyse this statement, 'Debates about health in Australia are more about allocation of scarce resources than about efficacy of care'. To examine this use the concepts of power, politics and ideology that underpin health policy as determined by the major parties in Australia. Preparation: Students should read widely prior to completing the essay. This includes all required readings but they should move beyond these to include some other sources. A bibliography is available on Learnline to help you with this process. For any essay of this length you will need to include 9-11 references. Majority of the references (7-9) should be based on journal articles, books, book chapters and peer reviewed papers. You can use websites but citations from Wikipedia are unacceptable. Presentation: See details within this folder. Assessment Criteria: An indicative rubric may be found here: Assignment FEEDBACK Sheet - NUR210 _2.pdf Download Assessment feed back: Analysis/Argument (60 marks) -demonstrated understanding of sociological concepts, theory or perspective. -Application of sociological concepts in critical analysis. Use of clear framework. -Key concepts, debates and issues identified. Critical reflection on the topic. -Topic discussed in adequate depth- material relevant to topic. Evidence of wide reading. Assessment Two Description/Focus: Assessment Two - Essay covering Modules 4, 5 and 6 Value: 40% of the total grade Due Date: May 29, 2016 2359 Central Standard Time Length: 2250 words (excluding references and cover page) Task: Students should write a 2250-word essay on One of the following topics: 1) Analyse the statement, ' Mental illness is a social problem' . To examine this question draw on one or two of the concepts of class, poverty, ethnicity, gender or race. 2) Analyse this statement, 'Debates about health in Australia are more about allocation of scarce resources than about efficacy of care'. To examine this use the concepts of power, politics and ideology that underpin health policy as determined by the major parties in Australia. Preparation: Students should read widely prior to completing the essay. This includes all required readings but they should move beyond these to include some other sources. A bibliography is available on Learnline to help you with this process. For any essay of this length you will need to include 9-11 references. Majority of the references (7-9) should be based on journal articles, books, book chapters and peer reviewed papers. You can use websites but citations from Wikipedia are unacceptable. Presentation: See details within this folder. Assessment Criteria: An indicative rubric may be found here: Assignment FEEDBACK Sheet - NUR210 _2.pdf Download Assessment feed back: Analysis/Argument (60 marks) -demonstrated understanding of sociological concepts, theory or perspective. -Application of sociological concepts in critical analysis. Use of clear framework. -Key concepts, debates and issues identified. Critical reflection on the topic. -Topic discussed in adequate depth- material relevant to topic. Evidence of wide reading. Structure/Organisation (25 marks) -comments: eg. Flow, linking between section, good paragraph structure.) Clarity of Expression (10 marks) -Correct spelling/punctuation. -Good sentence/Succinct writing. Referencing (5 marks) -Bibliography Quality/number of references good Correctly.consistently presented Sources adequately acknowledged Module 4 is = The Australian Health System Module 5 is = Health Care Professional and Medical Dominance Module 6 is = Challenges, Response and Future Dilemmas