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Socio-Psychological Sciences - mod. GENERAL SOCIOLOGY (FM)
NORMA BARBINI

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 24
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT02-11-11 MT125

Development of the course

- to describe the social contest

- to describe the process of groups, organization and institutions

- to describe the development of National Medical Care

- to discuss on social determinants for the health

- to discuss on openness process and interpersonal relationship

- to describe the basics elements of professional competences on help relations

- to describe the characteristics of relations in crisis and fragility conditions

- to discuss on new topic for the health

- approach to research methodology in public health 

Learning outcomes

• to introduce the students at principal topics of sociology in health field;
• to know the work contest in group in health organization;
• to understand the different sense of disease in society;
• to understand the communicative process between operator/operator and operator/patient;
• to conduct relations with different kind of patient and care giver
• to study and analyze the research data in medicine. 

Program

1) Introduction to sociology: sociology and society; social structure and social interaction; process of  socialization and social control; groups, organizations, institutions; roles, hierarchy, power; identity and role of  health workers.

2) The sociological approach to health/hospital system: communication and listening; counseling and users /health workers relationship; the meaning of illness and of  the patient; social illness and social context.

3) The health system and social security system: the evolution of SSN during different historical phases; the protection given by welfare policies; health and social inequalities. 

4) New frontiers in medicine and nursing: the main topics of bioethics; umanitas treatment,  medicine in literature, palliative care

5) Methodological elements in social research:  phases, research techniques and tools applied within the health system, knowledge and analysis of  the data and diffusion of the  results.

Development of the examination

Written and oral exam

Recommended reading

1. TITLE La salute possibile. Manuale di Sociologia per infermieri e altri professionisti della salute

1. AUTHOR Beccaria Franca, Morchio Maria Grazia
2. PUBLISHER CAROCCIFABER

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