Essay Writing

Select a theme: a disease, or a health care service or a health policy in Canada. Develop PORTFOLIO There will be three sections in this portfolio. SECTION 1: 5 pages 15% • A critical sociological analysis of the theme chosen. Present data available, the gravity of the problem, any historical assessments of the theme you have chosen. implications on the disease and illness, whether your theme is a social construction or not, how some theories and concepts are applicable. • You will be writing an essay and it will be 5 pages-double space. Font 12. • Conrad’s article; Phil Brown’s article, Low Jaccqueline’s article, Lisa Berkman’s article and Stefan Timmerman’s article are good material to use. You are free to use other material with references. SECTION 2: 3 pages 6% • How the national/international media “named” and “framed” the issue you have chosen. Give clips or summary of media coverages (including sources) with your commentary. SECTION 3: 2 pages 4% • A discussion about a potential role for a sociologist to address this issue. Your answers will highlight differences between disease and illness. It will also show the differences between medical model and the sociological model