SOC 227

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SOC 227

Women, Health and Technology SOC 227 FA

Crosslistings: SISP357, WMST227

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       30      0         30

What is it like for women physicians today? What are the politics of the delivery of health care to women? Has beauty become a health issue? Can women physicians make a difference in the way health care is delivered to women patients? What is the relationship between the work women do and the illnesses they get? What role does medical technology play in the health care women receive today? In this course we will explore the relationship between women's roles in the medical system as both providers and consumers and the development and use of medical technologies. A variety of feminist theoretical analyses will be applied to the range of topics under discussion.

MAJOR READINGS

Ehrenreich and English, NURSES, WITCHES AND
MIDWIVES
Lorder, WOMEN PHYSICIANS
Batt, PATIENTS NO MORE: THE POLITICS OF BREAST CANCER
Fisher, IN THE PATIENT'S BEST INTEREST
Ehrenreich and English, COMPLAINTS AND DISORDERS
Lorde, THE CANCER JOURNALS
Corea, THE INVISIBLE EPIDEMIC
Fried, FROM ABORTION TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A research paper. A class presentation. A reading journal.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This is a Permission of Instructor course and forms must be obtained from the instructor, along with a personal interview. Course is open to SISP, WMST and pre-med students who have not taken SOC-151. Sociology majors, however, must meet the prerequisite of having taken Introductory Sociology 151. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC

Prerequisites: SOC 151

Section 01: Fisher, S; Times: ..W.... 2:40PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 0; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Emily Martin's classic study of the medical discourse of gynecology and obstetrics

Reference:

Martin, Emily, THE WOMAN IN THE BODY: A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF REPRODUCTION, Boston: Beacon Press, 1992

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