Sociology of Health and Illness

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1. Sociology and society 1.1. Definition and characteristics of sociology
as science 1.2. Theoretical approaches in sociology 1.3. Socialization 2.
Conceptualization of sociology of health and diseases 2.1. Introduction to
sociology of health and diseases 2.1.1. Sociology of health and diseases as
scientific discipline 2.1.2. Definition of health and diseases 2.1.3. The body
as social concept 2.1.4. The definition of the role and status of patient in
society 2.1.5. Experiencing diseases 2.2. Social aspects of health and health
inequalities 2.3. Organized provisions of health care 2.3.1. Development of
nursing care 2.3.2. Development of scientific medicine 2.3.3.
Professionalization of medicine and nursing care 2.3.4. Social power of medicine
and the relationship to nursing care 2.3.5. Medicalization of society 2.3.6. The
organization of health security 2.3.7. Culture and cultural competence in health
care 2.3.8. Transcultural health care 3. Selected topics in sociology of
everyday life 4. Elements and approaches of social research of health and
illness

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