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| SANT0510-1 | Psycho-social dimensions in health care and promotion of health through physiotherapy | |||||
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| Duration : | 25h 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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| 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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