- Docente: Veronica Moretti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: SPS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8473)
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from Nov 28, 2023 to Dec 05, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students are able to master the basic knowledge of sociology of health and to develop theoretical skills about the medicalizing aspects of our contemporary society, the different labels of disease (Disease, Illness, Sickness), the influence that socio-economic variables has on health conditions and some interpretative models of the most recent research perspectives (digital health, graphic medicine, etc.).
Course contents
Course contents
1. Theories in sociology of health
2. Themes and applications of sociology of health
4. The digital Society: main features
5. New frontiers of the sociology of health: Graphic Medicine
Readings/Bibliography
Moretti V. (2020), Sociologia del paziente, FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Sophie Adriansen, (2022) La sostituta Becco Giallo (graphic novel)
Assessment methods
Evaluation criteria adopted:
- knowledge of the program
- capacity for critical argumentation
- spontaneous study of national / international literature
Teaching tools
The professor will provide power point presentations and other texts/material
Office hours
See the website of Veronica Moretti