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Sociology of Health and Illness - OPNY2P108A

Title:	Sociologie zdraví a nemoci
Guaranteed by:	Katedra pedagogiky (41-KPG)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	2
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:1/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (30)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	PhDr. Jiří Kučírek, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite :	OPNY2P106A

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Annotation -

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

The course introduces sociology of health and illness as a sociological subdiscipline that focuses on the social context of health and disease, and is therefore closely related to pedagogical theory and practice. Students are encouraged to understand the social dimension of health and disease, the interconnection of social systems (family, society) and processes that have an immediate impact on the functioning of the human system, the individual, including the contexts co-creating his life. The course gives an overview of contemporary sociological interpretations of health and illness, describes the disease in the social context of the individual's relationship levels. Attention is also paid to the sociology of the physician and the role of the physician, the sociology of the patient and the role of the patient, the issue of health as a social institution, medicinalization of society and other relevant topics of contemporary sociology of health.

Aim of the course -

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the problems of contemporary sociology of health and disease, especially in relation to the acquired knowledge of health psychology. Learning outcomes of the course unit The course will enable students to integrate the existing knowledge of the theory of human health and cultivate their own conception of the phenomenon of health and disease.

Literature - Czech

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (08.09.2018)

BÁRTLOVÁ, S. Sociologie medicíny a zdravotnictví. 6. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005. 188 s. ISBN 80-247-1197-4.

FIALOVÁ, L.; KOUBA, P.; ŠPAČEK, M. (eds.) Medicína v kontextu západního myšlení. Praha : Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7262-513-0.

ILLICH, I. Limity medicíny: Nemesis medicíny - zaprodané zdraví. Vyd. 1. Brno: Emitos, 2012. 177 s. ISBN 978-80-87171-26-4.

KEBZA, V. Psychosociální determinanty zdraví. Praha : Academia, 2005. ISBN 80-200-1307-5.

KŘÍŽOVÁ, E. Proměny lékařské profese z pohledu sociologie. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2006. ISBN 80-86429-57-1.

MARMOT, M.; WILKINSON, R. G. Social Determinants of Health. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. 366 s. ISBN 0-19-856589-5.

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (09.10.2021)

Zkouška probíhá ústní formou a obsahově vychází z hlavních tematických okruhů uvedených v sylabu.

Syllabus -

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

1. Contemporary sociology and its paradigms.
2. Sociological subdisciplines studying human health and disease.
3. Main sociological views on health and disease.
4. Important personalities of sociology of health and disease.
5. Social dimension of health and social determinants of health.
6. Man in relevant health roles.
7. Health care as a social institution.
8. Alternative medicine.
9. Medicinalization of contemporary society.
10. Medialization and commercialization of health.