RPN to BScN - Disability, Society and Health Care

NSGD 4246  Disability, Society and Health Care

Prerequisites:

All 2000 and 3000 level NSGD courses with a minimum grade of 60% or SAT

Restrictions:

This course is restricted to students enrolled in the RPN to BScN Blended Learning Program.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine disability and health in the context of Canadian society and the Canadian healthcare system through the various disability theories and perspectives. Topics include access to health care for persons with disabilities, abelism and stigma, health inequities and the politics of identity in health care. The voices and lived experience of persons with disability is a theme threaded through the topics explored.