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Learning outcomes |
To provide an introduction to the sociological analysis of health, illness and medicine.
To provide an overview of the main links between health, medicine and society, with special focun on the analysis of portuguese society. By the end of the CU, students should be able to:
Understand and use the sociological perspective in the analysis of health, illness and medicine;
Criticize the biomedical model;
Understand the social construction of illness and the ways it influences the perception and experience of illness;
Critically analyse the progressive medicalization of life and recognize the social implications of this process;
Outline the contexts of the emergence of the NHS, analyse the impacts of health policies and characterize its current situation;
Recognize the specificity of health organizations and identify the professional strategies occurring within;
Identify and participate in some of the current debates around health, illness and medicine.
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Main Bibliography |
AUGÉ, M.; HERZLICH, C. (1995) The Meaning of Illness, Harwood
CARAPINHEIRO, G. (1986) “A saúde no contexto da sociologia”, Sociologia- Problemas e Práticas, nº 1, pp. 9-22
CARAPINHEIRO, G. (1993) Saberes e Poderes no Hospital. Uma Sociologia dos Serviços Hospitalares, Porto, Afrontamento
FOUCAULT, M. (1991) El Nascimiento de la Clínica, Madrid, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 14ªed
PATRICK, D.; SCAMBLER, G. (1986) Sociology as Applied to medicine, Eastbourne,Balliére
PETERSEN, A.; WADDELL, C. (eds) Health Matters, Buckingham, Open University Press
SCAMBLER, G. (ed) (1987) Sociological Theory and Medical Sociology, Londres, Tavistock
STACEY, M.; HOMANS, H. (1978) “The sociology of health and ilness”, Sociology, 12, pp. 281 – 307
TUCKETT, D.; KAUFERT, J. (eds) (1978) Basic Readings in Medical Sociology,Londres, Tavistock
TURNER, B. S. (1987) Medical Power and Social Knowledge, Londres, Sage
TURNER, B. S. (1992) Regulating Bodies, Londres, Routledge
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