1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
3. winter term 2023/2024
4. WLiNZ - oferta ERASMUS / Medical - Long-cycle studies leading to MS degree (6 years)
5. Sociology of Medicine

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Sociology of Medicine - course description

Aim of the course

The aim of teaching is to acquire knowledge about the basic concepts and categories of the sociology of health and disease, and the sociology of medicine; getting acquainted with the sociological theories of health and disease, including the theory of multiple causes of disease and the concept of a functional disease, i.e. a disease without a perceptible organic background. The aim is also to understand health and disease related behavior as an important part of social knowledge; learning about the relationship between the quality of life and the state of health; getting acquainted with the latest scientific achievements in defining new roles of a doctor in the field of contacts with patients and their family members, also in the context of the use of the Internet; gaining knowledge about the hospital environment as a total institution. The aim is to shape students' awareness of the humanization of medicine. During the lecture, issues of the medicalisation of social life as well as social contexts of medical problems such as, among others, euthanasia, abortion, transplantology, in vitro fertilization, will be discusse etc.

Prerequisites

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No prerequisites

Scope

Lectures

1. Basic concepts and categories of health and disease sociology and medical sociology.
2. Theories of disease causes; disease polyetiology-analytical epidemiology
3. Socio-cultural determinants of human behavior in various social. situations, especially in the case of illness and contact with a doctor.
4. Socio-environmental and cultural determinants of health, disease and quality of life: globalization of health problems, social inequalities in access to health care institutions and medical achievements.
5. Sociological and medical research on stress as a health risk factor. The essence of the phenomenon and measurement of the phenomenon on socio-medical scales.
6. The doctor as a profession of social trust. "Dr. Google" - opportunities, possibilities and threats related to „knowledge” via the Internet.
7. Medicalization of social life as a challenge of the 21st century.
8. The COVID-19 pandemic and its social consequences.

Teaching methods

Lecture - multimedia presentation, discussion

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

The basis for passing is the final test  Kolokwium: w formie testu; zakres materiału: zgodnie z sylabusem przedstawionym podczas zajęć na początku semestru.

Zasady uzyskania pozytywnej oceny z kolokwium: co najmniej 50% punktów

Recommended reading

1. Ostrowska  A., Skrzypek M. (red.), (2015), Socjologia medycyny w Polsce z perspektywy półwiecza: nurty badawcze, najważniejsze osiągnięcia, perspektywy rozwoju. Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2015, ss. 422.
2. Piątkowski W., Titkow A. (red.) (2002),  W stronę socjologii zdrowia, Wyd. UMCS, Lublin.

Further reading

1. Skrzypek M. (red.) (2013) Socjologia medycyny w multidyscyplinarnych badaniach humanizujących biomedycynę. Lublin, Wyd. KUL ss.338.
2. Syrek E. (2008), Zdrowie i wychowanie a jakość życia. Perspektywy i humanistyczne orientacje poznawcze. Wyd. UŚL, Katowice.
3. Tobiasz-Adamaczyk B.: (2000), Wybrane elementy socjologii zdrowia. Wyd. UJ, Kraków.

4. Health and Medicine”, chapter 18 from the book Sociology: Comprehensive Edition:

   https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/sociology-comprehensive-edition/s21-health-and-medicine.html

Notes

Modified by dr Justyna Mazurek-Popczyk (last modification: 19-05-2023 10:47)