Information Package / Course Catalogue
Health Disease and Society
Course Code: SOSY555
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Tointroduce some main approaches to health and illness To show and discuss that the concept of health and illness; and even the treatment to the illness cannot be understood only in terms of the biological approaches To form sociological perspective to the concepts of health and illness To analyse and discuss health and illness in terms of class and inequalities

Course Content

History of Sociology of Health; Research Areas; Some Main Concepts (e.g. Health, Illness); Some Main Arguments and Approaches to Health and Illness; Social Factors behind Illness; Relationships between Health, Illness and Social, Economic, Cultural and Political Structures; Social Class, Inequalities and Health; Different Health Systems.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding the main concepts and discussions about health and disease
2.To be able to define and understand the basic debates and theories about the concepts of health and disease in the modern and postmodern era.
3.To have an advanced level of knowledge in health and disease and to be able to relate it to current social theory.
4.To be able to comprehend the changing nature and change dynamics of the phenomena and concepts studied from the modern era to the postmodern revolution.
5.To improve the ability to demonstrate a critical and objective approach in analyzing concepts of health and disease.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.IvanIllich (2014) Sağlığın Gaspı, 3.Baskı, Ayrıntı Yayınları
2.Ray Moynihan (2014) Satılık Hastalıklar, 5. Baskı, Hayykitap
3.Cirhinlioğlu, Zafer (2016) Sağlık Sosyolojisi,6. Baskı,Nobel Yayım ve Dağıtım
4.Turner, Bryan. 2011. Tıbbi Gu¨ç ve Toplumsal Bilgi. İstanbul: Sentez Yayınları.
5.Nurşen Adak (2016) Sağlık Sosyolojisinde Güncel Tartışmalar, Nobel Yayıncılık
6.Tecim, Erhan (2016) Sağlık Sosyolojisi Yazıları, Açılım Kitap
7.AntonyGiddens (2005) Sosyoloji, Ayraç Yayınları
8.M. Aytül Kasapoğlu. Sağlık Sosyolojisi (1999) Türkiye'den Araştırmalar. Sosyoloji Derneği, Ankara, 1999
9.Macionis,J. John (2012) Sosyoloji, Çeviri Editörü: Vildan Akan, Nobel Yayıncılık
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction To The Course
Week 2 - Theoretical
A HEALTH SOCIOLOGY WITH THEORETICAL EQUIPMENT Health Sociology: Health, Disease and Society
Week 3 - Theoretical
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH I Functionalist Approach
Week 4 - Theoretical
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH II Social Conflict Approach: Marxism and Inequality
Week 5 - Theoretical
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH III Symbolic Interactionist Approach
Week 6 - Theoretical
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH IV Post-Constructivist Approach:
Week 7 - Theoretical
GENDER, HEALTH AND DISEASE
Week 8 - Theoretical
MEDICALIZING EVERYDAY LIFE I
Week 9 - Theoretical
MEDICALIZING EVERYDAY LIFE II
Week 10 - Theoretical
BIO-ETHICS (LIVE ETHICS) and SOCIAL DISCUSSIONS
Week 11 - Theoretical
EUTHENASIA and SOCIAL DISCUSSIONS
Week 12 - Theoretical
DISEASE IN LITERATURE and FORMS OF REPRESENTATION
Week 13 - Theoretical
RISK SOCIETY AND THE NEW DISEASE REGIME
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Individual Work80216
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026