Sociology of Health and Illness

Code:

MSOCI026

Acronym:

SOCSD

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=1917
Responsible unit:	Department of Sociology
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Sociology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSOCI	12	MSOCI - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This is an introductory course to the main sociological debates on health and illness. The first part of the course addresses the main theories and methodological contributions of Sociology of Health and Illness. The second part of the course deals with the social determinants of health and disease, with a special focus on inequalities in access to health. The third and last part of the course addresses the health care system in Portugal.
By the end of the semester, students are expected to show proficiency in the following: articulation of the main problematics in the field of health and illness; analysis of socio-economic factors influencing health and disease; analysis of health care systems.

Program

1. Concepts and theories in Sociology of Health and Illness

2. Social determinants of health and disease

3. Health policies and formal health care provision

Mandatory literature

AGGLETON P. ; Health, Routledge, 1990
CABRAL, Manuel Villaverde; A adesão à terapêutica em Portugal : atitudes e comportamentos da população portuguesa perante as prescrições médicas, os hábitos de saúde e o consumo de medicamentos, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2010
CARAPINHEIRO, G.; Saberes e poderes no hospital : uma sociologia dos serviços hospitalares, Edições Afrontamento, 1993
CARAPINHEIRO G. (org.); Sociologia da Saúde: Estudos e Perspectivas, Editores Pé de Página, 2006
COHEN, M.; Health and the rise of civilization, Yale University Press, 1989
EPSTEIN, S.; Inclusion : the politics of difference in medical research, University of Chicago Press, 2007
FITZPATRICK M. ; The Tyranny of Health. Doctors and the Regulation of Lifestyle, Routledge, 2001
LUPTON D. ; Medicine as Culture. Illness, disease and the body in western societies, Sage, 1994
MARMOT, M.; determinants of health. 2nd ed , Oxford University Press, 2006
SERRA, H.; Médicos e poder : transplantação hepática e tecnocracias, Almedina, 2008
SZASZ, T.S.; The medicalization of everyday life : selected essays, Syracuse Unviersity Press, 2007
WHITAKER, R.; Anatomy of an epidemic : magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America, Crown Publishers, 2010

Complementary Bibliography

ALBRECHT G.L., FITZPATRICK R., SCRIMSHAW S. (eds.); The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine, Londres, Sage, 1999
AUGÉ M. e HERZLICH C. ; Le Sens du Mal. Anthropologie, Histoire, Sociologie de la Maladie, des Archives Contemporaines, 1984
BLANE D., BRUNNER E. e WILKINSON R.; Health and Social Organization. Towards a Health Policy for the 21st Century, Routledge, 1996
BLOOR M. ; The Sociology of HIV Transmission, Sage, 1995
BUNTON R. e PETERSEN A.; Foucault, Health and Medicine, Routledge, 1997
BURY M. ; Health and Illness in a Changing Society, Routledge, 1997
CALNAN M. ; Health and Illness. The Lay Perspective, Tavistock, 1987
CANGUILHEM G. ; Le Normal et le Pathologique, PUF, 1991
FERREIRA F.A. ; História da Saúde e dos Serviços de Saúde em Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1990
GABE J., KEÇÇEHER D. e WILLIAMS G. (eds.) ; Challenging Medicine, Routledge, 1994
HOGG C. ; Patients, Power and Politics, Sage, 1999
HUGMAN R. ; Power in Caring Professions, Macmillan, 1991
MILES J.A. ; Women, Health and Medicine, Open University Press, 1991
PAQUET G. ; Santé et Inégalités Sociales, Institut Québécois de Recherche sur la Culture, 1990
PAYNE S. ; Women, Health and Poverty: an introduction, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991
PETERSON A. e LUPTON D.; The New Public Health. Health and Self in the Age of Risk, Sage, 1996
POWELL F.D. e WESSWN A.(eds.); Health Care Systems in Transition, Sage, 1998
PRIOR L. ; The Social Organization of Mental Illness, Sage, 1993
SHARMA U. ; Complementary Medicine Today. Practitioners and Patients, Routledge, 1995
SILVERMAN D. ; Communication and Medical Practice. Social Relations in the Clinic, Sage, 1987
SONTAG S. ; AIDS and its Metaphors, The Penguin Books, 1989
TURNER B.S; Regulating Bodies. Essays in Medical Sociology, Routledge, 1992

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures: Classes include lectures on the topics of the course outline alongside with discussions held with students on case-studies suggested by the teacher.

Tutorial classes: During these classes students will prepare discussions and learning portfolios.

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology
Social sciences > Sociology > Societal behaviour

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Writting final essay	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	40,00
Participation in debates	Exame	12,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Preparation of classwork	Estudo autónomo	54
	Total:	54,00

Eligibility for exams

Students will be assessed by the following: written exam and, if required, oral exam; preparation and participation in debates along the semestre and production of a learning portfolio.
In order to pass, students must submit all the above assessment elements.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is calculated as follows: written essay with a weight of 60%; participation in debates with a weight of 30%; class attendance witha weight of 10%.
Students that are not expected to attend classes will have their final grade calculated with a weight of 40% for the participation in debates.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students that are not expected to attend classes should contact the teacher in the beginning of the semester to establish the terms of their assessment.

Classification improvement

The student may apply for an exam to improve the final grade. This exam can take place in either the first call or the second call for exams, up to the second call for exams of the academic year immediately after the one when the student passed the course. The students that apply for this exam in the year following the one when they passed the course are obliged to follow the rules of assessment of the year of the exam.