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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 |
Albrecht, G. L., Fitzpatrick; Scrimshaw, C. (eds) (2000) The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine, London: Sage Publications
Alves, Fátima (Org.) (2013) Saúde, Medicina e Sociedade. Uma visão sociológica, Lisboa: Pactor
Barry, A. & Yuill, C. (2002) Understanding health: a sociological introduction, London: SAGE Publications
Carapinheiro, Graça (1986) “A saúde no contexto da sociologia”, Sociologia- Problemas e Práticas, nº 1, pp. 9-22
Carapinheiro, Graça (2006), “A Saúde enquanto matéria política”, em Graça, Carapinheiro (org.), Sociologia da Saúde. Estudos e Perspectivas, Coimbra: Pé de Página
Turner, Bryan (1987) Medical Power and Social Knowledge, Londres: Sage
Turner, Bryan ( 2004) The New Medical Sociology: Social Forms of Health and Illness. New York: W.W. Norton.
Stacey, M.; Homans, H. (1978) “The sociology of health and illness”, Sociology, 12, pp. 281 – 307
Outros textos complementares, cuja referência é disponibilizada aos alunos.
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