Complementary Medicines in Contemporary Society

• • Utilisation
  • Growth, commodification and 'big business'
  • Environmental impact of growth and big business
  • Sustainability and complementary medicines
  • Relationship between complementary medicines and orthodox medicine
  • Legal regulation of complementary medicine products and practitioners
  • Protection of consumers
  • The role of ethics in regulating complementary medicine products and practice

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• TAS-XBR120-Complementary Medicines in Contemporary Society

Special requirements

No special requirements

Pulling together the disciplines of sociology, law and complementary medicine this subject is designed for students who want to develop their knowledge in order to understand, debate and critically analyse the use and place of complementary medicines in the modern health care system. Drawing on a range of online teaching methods, learning modules will focus on topics such as understanding the use of complementary medicines in Australia and around the world, the question of evidence and the role of ethics and the law in regulating the availability, safety and advertising of complementary medicines. Students will address issues of locating reliable information on complementary medicines and will develop an understanding of the environmental issues that arise from the increased popularity of these medicines.

• Product Critique (40%)
• Online Test (20%)
• Case Study (40%)