The course is intended to analyze the sociological study of cultural phenomena in order to provide sociological knowledge to critically and consciously analyze the planning and management of health and care policies.
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
The basic analytical tools of sociology. 1.1 The concept of culture, the production of cultural meanings 1.2 changes in society, values and life models. 1.3 The social and cultural components in the definition of health and care
Social organization for health management 2.1 Welfare systems 2.2 Organizational models for disease management
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
The body and health in the social context 4.1 The body as text and as language 4.2 The healthy body and the sick body: the social perception of health 4.3 Social characteristics that interact with health status 4.4 Social class and health 4.5 Gender and health 4.6 The condition of immigration
Healthcare worker-patient communication 5.1 Communication as a process of selecting and organizing information 5.2 The characteristics of the communicative relationship 5.3 Skills in communication 5.4 Communication and a sense modesty and shame 5.5 Burnout
