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Lecturer(s)
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Jíšová Radmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1.-2. key concepts of medical sociology and sociology of health and illness: illness, disease, sickness 3. social construction of biomedicine and the body 4. gender and health 5. health and illness related behavior 6. lay and medical knowledge 7. interactions and relations among clients and health practicioners 8. medical technologies 9. professions and professionalization in health care systems 10. systems of health care 11. hospitals and health care organizations 12. social movements and health
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Discussion, Students' portfolio, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 35 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 40 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain basic sociological methods. |
| to describe the formation of sociological perspectives using sociological methods. |
| to characterize the basic findings from empirical qualitative research. |
| to list and describe the basic developmental stages of the formation of qualitative methods. |
| Skills |
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| to produce a formally acceptable professional output. |
| to actively use foreign databases of professional journals. |
| to independently interpret findings resulting from the application of sociological methods. |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to distinguish gender and health variability (reproductive health of men and women - key topics: childbirth, infertility, assisted reproduction, gender inequalities in health, mortality and morbidity by gender, mental health and gender, gender and death and dying, gender aspects of pain). |
| to interpret different methodological approaches and their impact on different versions of gender and health studies. |
| to characterize the different types of conflicts between theoretical and methodological approaches in the study of gender and health. |
| to list and characterise key studies on gender and health. |
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| to classify different types of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of gender and health. |
| to independently demonstrate specific conflicting approaches in the application of particular theories and methods in the study of gender and health. |
| to independently critically evaluate the conceptualization, theories and methods used in the study of gender and health. |
| to independently choose the appropriate theoretical and methodological approach when applying research on gender and health. |
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| Seminar |
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| Seminar |
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| Written exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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| Written exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Davis-Floyd, R.A., Sargent, C.F. eds. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge.Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
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Davis-Floyd,R.E. Birth as an American Rite of Passage. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
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Foucault, M. The Birth of the Clinic. London: Tavistock, 1973.
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Foucault, Michel. Dějiny sexuality. I, Vůle k vědění. Praha : Herrmann & synové, 1999.
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Gabe, Jonathan; Bury, Mike; Elston, Mary Ann. Key concepts in medical sociology / Jonathan Gabe, Mike Bury and Mary Ann Elston. London : SAGE Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-7619-7442-3.
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Gatens, M. Imaginary Bodies: Ethics, Power and Corporeality. Routledge London, 1996.
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Hašková, H. Názorové diferenciace k současným změnám v českém porodnictví. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2001.
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Hunt, S.H., Symonds, A. The Social Meaning of Midwifery. London: Macmillan Press Ltd, 1995.
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Jordan, B. Birth in Four Cultures. A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Childbirth in Yucatan, Holland, Sweden, and the United States. Illinois: Waveland Press, 1993.
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Kahn, Robbie Pfeufer. Bearing meaning : the language of birth. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1995. ISBN 0-252-02171-1.
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Kent, Julie. Social perspectives on pregnancy and chilbirth for midwives, nurses and the caring professions. Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-335-19911-9.
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Lindenbaum, S., Lock, M., eds. Knowledge, Power and Practice. The Anthropology of Medicine and Everyday Life.
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Lupton, D. Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body in Western Societies. London: Sage, 1994.
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Lupton, D. The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body. London: Sage, 1995.
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MacCormack, C. Ethnological Studies of Medical Sciences. Soc.Sci.Med. 39(9), 1994.
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Miles, Agnes. Women, Health and Medicine. Open University Press. Milton Keynes, 1991.
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Rapp, R. Testing Women, Testing the Fetus: The Social Impact of Amniocentesis in America. New York: Routledge, 1999.
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Sargent, C.F., Johnson T.M. Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Press, 1996.
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Stacey, M. The Sociology of Health and Healing. London: Routledge, 1988.
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Turner, B. Medical Power and Social Knowledge.
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