This unit addresses the complexities of the health system and welfare state, which underpin the provision of human services. The unit will provide students with an overview of: the scope of available government and non-government human services; the funding and organisation of the health system from an economic perspective; the links between the social determinants of health and human services; legislation and policy that underpin service provision; the concepts of community and community capacity building; the roles of different professionals who work in the human services; and language/terminology used in the human services; and the key concepts underlying health economics as a way of... -- Course Website
Instructor: M Dunn (S)