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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Mestrado Universitario en Asistencia e Investigación Sanitaria (plan 2012) |
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| Sociology of Health. Disability and Dependence |
| Contents |
| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Sociology of Health. Disability and Dependence | Code | 653862221 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Obligatory | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| LESSON 1. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, DISABILITY AND DEPENDENCE | The body and health as a social construction. The social construction of the disease. Health and social inequalities. Individual and social model of disability. Health and quality of life. Current social debates about health: health and new forms of disease (anorexia, bulimia and vigorexia); ethics and health problems (euthanasia, stem cells, bioethics); health and legal and illegal drug dependencies. |
| LESSON 2. METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH OF HEALTH | Methods and techniques of social research of health, disability and dependence (guide for practical work) Health in figures: Health indicators. Social perception of health, disability and dependence (attitudes, opinions, judgments and prejudices). |
| LESSON 3. DISABILITY, DEPENDENCY AND CARE | The social organisation of care. Dependence, integration and social exclusion. Public Policies: Dependency Law |
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