2025
Sociology of Health
Name: Sociology of Health
Code: SOC02426L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Sociology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Objectives:
1. To provide the study and the sociological analysis of the key ideas about social and cultural phenomena in health, illness and medicine;
2. To enable students to develop a plural and critical analysis of different issues of sociology of health
Specifically, we intend that at the end of teaching and learning sessions, students have acquired the following competencies:
- Understand the process of social interaction in health and illness;
- Understand the social inequalities in health and disease;
- Understand the core issues of sociological approach to describe the scientific medicine development, profession of medicine, socialization of physicians, physician-patient relationship, alternative healers, and the role of technology in health care;
- Identify, list and summarize social and cultural factors implicit in lifestyles, risks and health.
1. To provide the study and the sociological analysis of the key ideas about social and cultural phenomena in health, illness and medicine;
2. To enable students to develop a plural and critical analysis of different issues of sociology of health
Specifically, we intend that at the end of teaching and learning sessions, students have acquired the following competencies:
- Understand the process of social interaction in health and illness;
- Understand the social inequalities in health and disease;
- Understand the core issues of sociological approach to describe the scientific medicine development, profession of medicine, socialization of physicians, physician-patient relationship, alternative healers, and the role of technology in health care;
- Identify, list and summarize social and cultural factors implicit in lifestyles, risks and health.
Contents
1: Health, Illness/Disease and Society
1.1 .- Health and illness/disease in the context of sociology
1.2 .- Social inequalities in health and illness/disease
1.3 .- Sociology of Health "Agenda"
2: Experiences of Health and Illness/Disease
2.1 .- Social representations of health and illness/disease
2.2 .- Family, aging, and horizons of self-health management
2.3 .- Among conventional, parallel and popular knowledge in health management
3: Body, Health and Society
3.1 .- Lifestyles, risks and health
3.2 .- Medicalized society
3.3 .- Biomedical body and biomedicine
4: Organization of Health Care Delivery
4.1 .- Portuguese Health System
4.2 .- Helth professions and negotiated order
4.3 .- Sociological diagnosis and intervention in health care organizations
1.1 .- Health and illness/disease in the context of sociology
1.2 .- Social inequalities in health and illness/disease
1.3 .- Sociology of Health "Agenda"
2: Experiences of Health and Illness/Disease
2.1 .- Social representations of health and illness/disease
2.2 .- Family, aging, and horizons of self-health management
2.3 .- Among conventional, parallel and popular knowledge in health management
3: Body, Health and Society
3.1 .- Lifestyles, risks and health
3.2 .- Medicalized society
3.3 .- Biomedical body and biomedicine
4: Organization of Health Care Delivery
4.1 .- Portuguese Health System
4.2 .- Helth professions and negotiated order
4.3 .- Sociological diagnosis and intervention in health care organizations
Teaching Methods
Unit to be taught by theoretical-practical sessions, classroom-based, and can eventually be applied practical exercises sessions via platform-moodle UEvora.
Tutorial sessions and self-study in accordance with Bologna Process recommendations.
For contact hours with the teacher and the teaching / learning will be organized in classes ~ essentially theoretical and practical.
In addition to the content teaching exhibition by the teacher, classes also count with students participation, individually or in small groups, and based on previously distributed resources or gathered through self-study.
a) Continuous Evaluation: Individual working paper (75%) with oral presentation and discussion (25%)
b) Evaluation by final exam: Written test (a comprehensive final exam = 100%)
Tutorial sessions and self-study in accordance with Bologna Process recommendations.
For contact hours with the teacher and the teaching / learning will be organized in classes ~ essentially theoretical and practical.
In addition to the content teaching exhibition by the teacher, classes also count with students participation, individually or in small groups, and based on previously distributed resources or gathered through self-study.
a) Continuous Evaluation: Individual working paper (75%) with oral presentation and discussion (25%)
b) Evaluation by final exam: Written test (a comprehensive final exam = 100%)
Assessment
Evaluation:
a) Continuous Evaluation: Individual working paper (75%) with oral presentation and discussion (25%)
b) Evaluation by final exam: Written test (a comprehensive final exam = 100%)
a) Continuous Evaluation: Individual working paper (75%) with oral presentation and discussion (25%)
b) Evaluation by final exam: Written test (a comprehensive final exam = 100%)
Teaching Staff
- Filipe José Batista Ribeiro [responsible]
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