To introduce some main approaches to health and illness To show and discuss that the concept of health and illness; and even the treatment to the illness cannot be understood only in terms of the biological approaches To form sociological perspective to the concepts of health and illness To analyse and discuss health and illness in terms of class and inequalities

History of Sociology of Health; Research Areas; Some Main Concepts (e.g. Health, Illness); Some Main Arguments and Approaches to Health and Illness; Social Factors behind Illness; Relationships between Health, Illness and Social, Economic, Cultural and Political Structures; Social Class, Inequalities and Health; Different Health Systems.