Sociologia | SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

cod. 0312300016

SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

	0312300016
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

	SOCIOLOGY
	2013/2014

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/07	9	60	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS: - WILL HAVE ACQUIRED WIDE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY OF CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE AND HOW THEY REFLECT ON THE ORGANIZATION AND ON PLANNING OF HEALTH SERVICES; - WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE THEORY TO ANALYSIS OF DAILY SOCIAL IMPACTS RELATED TO HEALTH AND DISEASE, EVEN THROUGH THE PREPARATION OF PERSONAL PAPERS; - THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TACKLE CRITICAL THEORIES OF HEALTH AND THE DYNAMICS OF HEALTH SERVICES AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INTERPRET ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE THE DATA AND INFORMATIONS IN THEIR POSSESSION AND SET ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES ADDRESSED TO PLANNING HEALTH; - THEY WILL KNOW INTERACT WITH THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES AND WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY THE CONCLUSIONS WHICH THEY HAVE REACHED DURING THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH PHOENOMENA TO INTERLOCUTORS, BOTH SPECIALIST AND NON; - THEY WILL HAVE THE LEARNING SKILLS REQUIRED TO TAKE WITH AUTONOMY FURTHER RESEARCHES IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL RESEARCH APPLIED TO THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND DISEASE.

AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS:

- WILL HAVE ACQUIRED WIDE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY OF CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE AND HOW THEY REFLECT ON THE ORGANIZATION AND ON PLANNING OF HEALTH SERVICES;

- WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE THEORY TO ANALYSIS OF DAILY SOCIAL IMPACTS RELATED TO HEALTH AND DISEASE, EVEN THROUGH THE PREPARATION OF PERSONAL PAPERS;

- THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TACKLE CRITICAL THEORIES OF HEALTH AND THE DYNAMICS OF HEALTH SERVICES AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INTERPRET ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE THE DATA AND INFORMATIONS IN THEIR POSSESSION AND SET ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES ADDRESSED TO PLANNING HEALTH;

- THEY WILL KNOW INTERACT WITH THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES AND WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY THE CONCLUSIONS WHICH THEY HAVE REACHED DURING THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH PHOENOMENA TO INTERLOCUTORS, BOTH SPECIALIST AND NON;

- THEY WILL HAVE THE LEARNING SKILLS REQUIRED TO TAKE WITH AUTONOMY FURTHER RESEARCHES IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL RESEARCH APPLIED TO THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND DISEASE.

	Prerequisites
	GOOD KNOWLEDGES IN THE FIELD OF THE GENERAL SOCIOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT.

	Contents
	THE SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITION IN THE STUDIES OF HEALTH AND DISEASE. TOPICS: • NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL • THE ROLE OF THE DOCTOR AND THE ROLE OF THE PATIENT • FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION • THE SOCIOLOGY OF MEDICINE • FROM INFECTIVE DISEASES TO THE DEGENERATIVE • FRPM CARE TO THE PREVENTION THE PART OF THE COURSE CONCERNING THE CHARACTERS OF CONTEMPORARY HEALTH SOCIOLOGY IS INTENDED TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES WHICH LED TO A REVIEW OF THE ELEMENTS OF CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH. WE WILL SEE ALSO THE NEW FORMS ASSUMED IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD FROM THE CONCEPTS OF DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION. TOPICS: • THE MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY • THE HEALTH SOCIOLOGY • RISK AND PRIMARY PREVENTION • HEALTH PROMOTION • SOCIAL NEGOTIATION ACTIVITIES

Contents

THE SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITION IN THE STUDIES OF HEALTH AND DISEASE.
TOPICS:
• NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL
• THE ROLE OF THE DOCTOR AND THE ROLE OF THE PATIENT
• FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION
• THE SOCIOLOGY OF MEDICINE
• FROM INFECTIVE DISEASES TO THE DEGENERATIVE
• FRPM CARE TO THE PREVENTION

THE PART OF THE COURSE CONCERNING THE CHARACTERS OF CONTEMPORARY HEALTH SOCIOLOGY IS INTENDED TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES WHICH LED TO A REVIEW OF THE ELEMENTS OF CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH. WE WILL SEE ALSO THE NEW FORMS ASSUMED IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD FROM THE CONCEPTS OF DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION.
TOPICS:
• THE MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
• THE HEALTH SOCIOLOGY
• RISK AND PRIMARY PREVENTION
• HEALTH PROMOTION
• SOCIAL NEGOTIATION ACTIVITIES

	Teaching Methods
	FRONTAL LESSON. DISCUSSION ON MATERIAL FURNISHED BY THE TEACHER.

	Verification of learning
	INDIVIDUAL ORAL EXAMINATION, DURING WHICH WILL BE EVALUATED NOT ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED, BUT ALSO EXPRESSIVE SKILLS WITH THE CLARITY OF PRESENTATION.

	Texts
	T. PARSONS, IL SISTEMA SOCIALE, CAP. X. OR E. DURKHEIM, LE REGOLE DEL METODO SOCIOLOGICO, CAP. III. T. SACCHERI, G. MASULLO, PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE TRA MUTAMENTI SOCIALI E RAPPRESENTAZIONI, IN PRINT. ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THEMES AND ITS TEXT: - FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS POSED BY MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY D. CALLAHAN, LA MEDICINA IMPOSSIBILE, MILANO, BALDINI E CASTOLDI. - ISSUES FOR THE CARE IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL COMPLEXITY T. SACCHERI, SALUTE E RELAZIONE SOCIALE, MILANO, FRANCOANGELI - FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN MEDICINE AND IMMIGRANTS G. MASULLO, ATTRAVERSO GLI OCCHI DEI MEDICI, MILANO, FRANCOANGELI

Texts

T. PARSONS, IL SISTEMA SOCIALE, CAP. X. OR E. DURKHEIM, LE REGOLE DEL METODO SOCIOLOGICO, CAP. III.
T. SACCHERI, G. MASULLO, PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE TRA MUTAMENTI SOCIALI E RAPPRESENTAZIONI, IN PRINT.
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THEMES AND ITS TEXT:
- FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS POSED BY MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
D. CALLAHAN, LA MEDICINA IMPOSSIBILE, MILANO, BALDINI E CASTOLDI.
- ISSUES FOR THE CARE IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL COMPLEXITY
T. SACCHERI, SALUTE E RELAZIONE SOCIALE, MILANO, FRANCOANGELI
- FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN MEDICINE AND IMMIGRANTS
G. MASULLO, ATTRAVERSO GLI OCCHI DEI MEDICI, MILANO, FRANCOANGELI