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SOS 108 - Medical Sociology

Faculty of Health Sciences · Nursing · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Latife KABAKLI ÇİMEN

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to make students aware of sociology and health sociology. To know the theories of health sociology. To establish a relationship between health, body and political culture. To examine the concepts of health and illness within the social structure and to establish a causal relationship between society and health, and to provide health care with a sociological perspective.

Course Content

Basic concepts of sociology, sociological view, sociology and health, disease and health concepts, theories of health sociology, culture and health, social determinants of health, mcdonaldization of health, social stratification and health, social institutions and health, body, health and society.

Required Resources

Sağlık Sosyolojisi (2019) Erzurum: Atatürk Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi Yayını 

Recommended Resources

Cirhinlioğlu, Zafer (2001). Sağlık Sosyolojisi. 8. Baskı, Ankara: Nobel Yayın.

Tecim, Erhan. (2018). Sağlık sosyolojisi, İstanbul, Çizgi Kitapevi

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain the phenomenon of health and disease in sociological terms.
  2. Knows the basic concepts of sociology and health sociology.
  3. Associate the concepts of disease and health with theories of health sociology.
  4. Explain the effects of globalization on health.
  5. Evaluate health inequalities
  6. May establish interest between health and illness phenomena and social and cultural processes.

Core Area Distribution

(31) Social and Behavioural Science%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period14228
Midterm177
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final188

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1COURSE INTRODUCTION.
2BASIC CONCEPTS OF SOCIOLOGYRelated parts of the source book
3DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH SOCIOLOGYRelated parts of the source book
4BASIC CONCEPTS OF HEALTH SOCIOLOGYRelated parts of the source book
5THEORIES OF HEALTH SOCIOLOGYRelated parts of the source book
6SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHRelated parts of the source book
7CULTURE and HEALTHRelated parts of the source book
8Midterm.
9BODY, HEALTH AND SOCIETYRelated parts of the source book
10MEDICALIZING EVERYDAY LIFERelated parts of the source book
11TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND HEALTHRelated parts of the source book
12MCDONALİZATION of HEALTHRelated parts of the source book
13SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, INEQUALITY AND HEALTHRelated parts of the source book.
14GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTHRelated parts of the source book
15OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE COURSE.
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı