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Socio-psychological Sciences - mod. DEMOETNOANTROPOLOGICHE SCIENCES
IVANA PAOLINI

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 24
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT04-11-11 MT188

Learning outcomes

1. Convey the basics of demo-ethno-anthropological theories.
2. Encourage the learning of scientific-disciplinary relating to the relationship between anthropology and the profession of midwifery.
3. Facilitate knowledge of cultural processes in the anthropological meaning of the term, which determine the constitution of identity elements, subjective and collective.

Program

• Introduction to anthropology as the study of man and of human cultures, in their joints and ethnic differences in their popular expressions, definitions and paradigms.
• Health as a multidimensional phenomenon and the relationship between health / disease.
• Pain, Symptoms and culture of pain: the cultural components and experience of suffering, pain and communication, medical practices and social practices, and culture of pain Symptom:
• Rites and symbols: the therapeutic rituals, funeral rites and the cultural meaning of death. The death and the concept of person / cultural unity of the dying and the hospital.
• The birth and death as border areas, anthropological perspectives practices and rituals.
• The early stages of the life cycle: pregnancy, labor / birth, postpartum, early care: knowledge and practices, rites of passage. Support networks, relationships with healthcare organization between past and present. Immigrant and native user user: a comparative approach and intercultural perspective.

Development of the examination

Written examination, with oral optional.

Recommended reading

1. TITLE : Antropologia culturale: un’introduzione per le professioni socio-sanitarie

1. AUTHOR: V. Siniscalchi
2. PUBLISHER: Carocci, 2001

2.. Lecture notes provided by the teacher

Courses

• Ostetricia