Medicine and Society
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 3502-ANG-19-OG |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: |
14.2
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Nazwa przedmiotu: | Medicine and Society |
Jednostka: | Instytut Socjologii |
Grupy: |
Courses in foreign languages Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie Instytutu Socjologii Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie społeczne Przedmioty prowadzone w językach obcych |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
(brak)
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Rodzaj przedmiotu: | języki obce |
Założenia (opisowo): | Students should be able to read and speak English on a communicative level. |
Skrócony opis: |
The seminar will be devoted to different intersections of medicine and society. Special attention will be given to the mutual connections between developments in medical practice on the one hand and changes in general social relations on the other. How does medical progress affect the social order? How do changes in the political and economic realm influence the workings of modern health care systems? This questions will guide us through a handful of topics, like handling of epidemics, inequalities in health, changing gender roles or new ethical challenges accompanying the progress of medicine. |
Pełny opis: |
The seminar will be devoted to different intersections of medicine and society. Special attention will be given to the mutual connections between developments in medical practice on the one hand and changes in general social relations on the other. How does medical progress affect the social order? How do changes in the political and economic realm influence the workings of modern health care systems? This questions will guide us through a handful of topics, like handling of epidemics, inequalities in health, changing gender roles or new ethical challenges accompanying the progress of medicine. 1. Medicine and modernity 2. Health and society: social determinants of health and illness 3. Health care systems in crisis 4. The ethical challenges of medical practice |
Literatura: |
Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot (eds.), Social determinants of health: the solid facts; Jacques Ruffié, Epidemics in Human History; Michel Foucault, Abnormal: lectures at the Collège de France 1974–1975; Bruno Latour, The Pasteurization of France; Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science; Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs, The Changing Face of Medicine: Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America; Leo Panitch and Colin Leys (eds.), Morbid Symptoms, Health under Capitalism; Peter Singer, Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Values; Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. |
Efekty uczenia się: |
K_W01 knows and understands basic concepts of sociology in medicine K_W06 is reflective and critical of the problem of social differentiation and inequalities K_W16 has in-depth knowledge about major international and domestic sociological research pertaining to the intersection of sociology and medicine K_W27 has in-depth knowledge of the 19th, 20th and 21st ideas and social processes which have shaped the face of the modern world K_U03 can perform a critical analysis of social phenomena and processes, particularly those concerning contemporary Polish society K_U04 can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in Polish and a foreign language as well as modern technologies K_U16 knows how to interpret the role of culture in the life of the individual and society K_U17 can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies K_U19 can prepare a presentation of a selected problem or study in Polish and in a foreign language K_K05 can gather, find, synthesize and critically assess information about social sciences |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
Assignments for each meeting and active participation in discussions in the classroom. Students are allowed to miss up to three meetings during the course. Weekly tasks are assessed taking into account clarity of the argument, use of knowledge from mandatory readings and keeping deadlines. In case of a belated completion of the course, the same requirements apply. |
Praktyki zawodowe: |
(tylko po angielsku) N/A |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Warszawski.