Syllabus
Basic terminology- society, culture, social role, socialization, anomie, deviation, conformism, social change.
Man as the social being. The main theories.
Sociology of medicine and healthcare. Objective, subjective and social meaning of disease. Medicalization of society.
Professional and lay system of care.
Healthcare as an institution.
Comparison of healthcare systems in the world.
Annotation
The subject is taught in the 1st year of the bc. programme general nurse. It is a part of the humanities module.
The subjects consists of basic sociological terms and theories applied to health, disease and modern healthcare as a social system.