SOCn6503 Medical Sociology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 U35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! SOCn6103 Sociology of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to reflect current as well as founding debates related to health, illness, medicalised life events or experiences, and medicine, and their sociological conceptualisation. Students read and elaborate on topical texts, work collaboratively on presenting recent problems, issues and developments related to the medical sociology scope of expertise, and conduct independent fieldwork resulting in a submitted analytical paper. The goal, however, is not to present and provide a series of lectures on sociological theories and approaches. Rather, we will concentrate on few particular phenomena and problems, where the critical perspective on health, illness, medicine and health-care system or medicalisation get things twisted, problematized and/or, bring challenging analytical perspectives.
Learning outcomes
- critical reading - critical discussions and peer feedback provision - topical presentations - fieldwork - review of relevant events, material, texts etc. - analytical paper submission
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to studies of medicine, health illness and beyond 2. Intersectionality in medical sociology 3. Studies on inequalities in health 4. Topical selected current research studies elaboration I. - patient perspective 5. Guest speaker presentation on topical research I. 6. Guest speaker presentation on topical research I. 7. Topical selected current research studies elaboration II. - medical profession perspective 8. Medicalisation of childbirth 9. Global perspectives on health and health care 10. De/Medicalisation of death, dying and issues in bereavement 11. Interdisciplinary perspectives on health and medicine 12. COVID-19 pandemic and its critical reflections 13. Student conference presenting topical fieldwork data and analyses
Literature
  • WALTER, Tony. Death in the modern world. First published. Los Angeles: Sage, 2020, x, 302. ISBN 9781526402936. info
  • ILLICH, Ivan. Limity medicíny : Nemesis medicíny - zaprodané zdraví. Translated by Radkin Honzák. Vyd. 1. Brno: Emitos, 2012, 177 s. ISBN 9788087171264. info
  • LUPTON, Deborah. Medicine as culture : illness, disease and the body. 3rd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2012, xii, 195. ISBN 9781446208953. info
  • Medicine, health and societya critical sociology. Edited by Hannah Bradby. London: SAGE, 2012, 1 online. ISBN 9781446251003. info
  • BRADBY, Hannah. Medical sociology : an introduction. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2009, ix, 212. ISBN 9781412902199. info
  • Gender inequalities in health. Edited by Ellen Annandale - Kate Hunt. 1st ed. Buckingham: Open University Press, 2000, ix, 214. ISBN 0335203655. info
  • ANNANDALE, Ellen. The sociology of health and medicine : a critical introduction. Cambridge: Polity, 1998, x, 334. ISBN 0745613586. info
  • LUPTON, Deborah. The imperative of health : public health and the regulated body. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 1997, 181 s. ISBN 0-8039-7935-5. info
  • OAKLEY, Ann. Essays on women, medicine and health. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993, xii, 295. ISBN 0748604502. info
  • BECKER, Howard S. Boys in white : student culture in medical school. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Books, 1977, xiv, 456. ISBN 0878556222. info
Teaching methods
- critical reading - topical presentations - fieldwork - review of relevant events, material, texts etc. - analytical paper submission
Assessment methods
- final paper - peer reviews of papers - semminar discussion of reading - 1 - 2 presentations - fieldwork resulting in analytical paper - a review of relevant event, material, text etc.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
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