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| SANT0110-1 | Psycho-social Dimensions of Health | ||
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| Duration : | 20h Th | ||
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| Holder(s) : | Philippe Mairiaux | ||
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| Course contents : | The course deals with the following aspects: the place of health professions in modern society: overview of economic, regulatory and demographic evolutions in the last 50 years; the history of medical practice: general outline with a view to highlighting the historical roots of some present-day currents of thought; basic concepts (health, disease, normal vs. pathological, healthy vs. unhealthy ): critical review of such concepts meanings and discussion of three fundamental dimensions of disease (physical, cultural and social viewpoints); sociological analysis of the role of disease and medical professions in society; Parsons, Freidson, Becker and Goffmans models; social health gradients: nature, extent, evolution and explanatory hypotheses for understanding the persistence of inequalities in view of disease and death despite medical progress; the targets of medical sciences, i.e. the questions raised by the three main lines of medical activity: - prevention: individual or collective responsibility? Should high-risk lifestyles be controlled? - treatment: technological control of diseases, at what cost? The notion of recovery; - listening: patient suffering what role for health professionals? health professionals everyday practice: contribution of other lecturers from the Faculty (general practitioners, specialists, dentists, pharmacists ). | ||
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| Course objective : | The course generally aims at eliciting thinking about the purposes of medical sciences as well as the very concept of health and its implications on the role of kinesitherapists as health professionals, while integrating a health protection and promotion approach. Specific objectives: raising awareness about the place of health professions in modern society, esp. at the economic and social levels; understanding the explicit and implicit roles our society imposes on medical sciences; initiation to the biopsychosocial model of health and general approach of the preventive paradigm. | ||
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| Written notes : | Lecture notes: two volumes are available at the InterCopy copy shop (Sart Tilman). - Reference works and recommended reading: - Adam Ph. & Herzlich C. (1994) Sociologie de la maladie et de la médecine. Nathan Université nr. 69. - Aïach P. & Cebe D. (1994) Les inégalités sociales de santé. La Recherche 261, 25: 100-109. - Evans R.G., Barer M.L., Marmor T.R. (1996) Etre ou ne pas être en bonne santé. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. - Malherbe J.F. (1997) Pour une éthique de la médecine, collection Catalyses, ARTES-FIDES, 3rd edition. | ||
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| Assessment : | Written multiple-choice test with certainty indexes. | ||
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| Contacts : | Philippe MAIRIAUX, chargé de cours (Junior Lecturer) Santé au Travail et Education pour la Santé Tour de Pathologie (bât. B23), Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège Email: ph.mairiaux@ulg.ac.be Secretary: Ms Francine HANESSE Phone: 04 366 25 03 fax: 04 366 28 89 Email: stes@ulg.ac.be | ||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 8/04/2005
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