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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Sociology |
| Grao en Socioloxia |
 Subjects |
| Sociology of health and disease |
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| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Sociology of health and disease | Code | 615G01307 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Third | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Subject 1. Introduction. Concepts and theories about health and illness | Sociology of health and illness. Sociology of the body. Sociological theories on health and illness. |
| Subject 2. Health and Society | Social basis of health: Socio-demographic changes and cultural and material determinants that affect health. Health indicators. |
| Subject 3. Health models. Doctor-pacient relationship. | Sociological Perspectives on Medicine.- Public health and healthcare professionals. The role of the patient and the doctor: From healing to care. |
| Subject 4. Quality of life and lifestyles | Factors conditioning health: Environment and lifestyles. The value of health: quality of life and personal responsibility. Aging, dependence and disability in terms of quality of life. |
| Subject 5. Social diseases | Social diseases: Smoking, alcoholism and drugs. Anorexia and Bulimia. Obesity, diet and sedentary lifestyle. Mental health. Regulations on healthy lifestyles. |
| Subject 6. Disability | Lmitations of the individual model of disability. The social model of disability. From handicap to disability. From disability to functional diversity. Criticisms of the social model of disability. |
| Subject 7. Institutions and public policies | Health as a social and economic value: public responsibility for the health of the population. The health system in Spain: National Health System. Sustainability of the public health system. |
| Subject 8. The plurality of health services in the national health system: inequalities and deficiencies. | Health determinants of health. Differences in accessibility and use in health care. Health needs and patient / client care. Impact of health policies on health equity. Situation of inequality by autonomous communities. |
| Subject 9. Measurement of the health status of the population and perceptions about health care | The measure of health. Review of scales to control the degree of health and disease of the population. Health Surveys of the Ministry of Health. Opinion on the health status of citizens (CIS and others). |
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