The course is intended to analyze the sociological basic tools for the study of the health-illness relationship and healthcare worker-patient relationship
Course Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures and student contributions
Assessment Methods
Written exam: 18 questions with 1 correct answer
Texts
M.Bucchi, F.Neresini (a cura), Sociologia della salute, Carocci,2005
Giarelli G, Venneri E., Sociologia della salute e della medicina, F.Angeli,2009
M. Tognetti Bordogna, Nuovi Scenari di Salute, F.Angeli, 2017
Contents
0 The basic analytical tools of Sociology
1 The body as an individual and social text of health 1.1 The body as text and as language 1.2 The healthy body and the sick body: the social perception of health 1.3 Social characteristics that interact with health status
2 Social organization for health management 2.1 Welfare systems 2.2 Organizational models for disease management
3 The cultural and social models of the health-illness relationship 3.1 The medicalisation of health 3.2 Biomedical model 3.3 Behavioral model 3.4 Holistic model
4 Professional socialization 4.1 the phases of professional socialization 4.2 The socialization process and the construction of professional identity
5 The healthcare worker-patient relationship in health management 5.1 The concept of role 5.2 The characteristics of the role of the healthcare worker 5.3 Rituals in the organization of work 5.4 The meaning of rituals in managing the relationship with the patient
6 Healthcare worker-patient communication 6.1 Communication as a process of selecting and organizing information 6.2 The characteristics of the communicative relationship 6.3 Communication skills
7. Collaborations in health management 7.1 The functions of the family 7.2 The functions of social networks
