Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Bioethics and Sociology of Medicine
Course Code
SZF_188
Branch of Science
Applied Sociology; Other social sciences; Sociology and social work
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Uldis Vēgners
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema Street 16, Riga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
Give students an understanding of the ethical and social dimensions of healthcare and biomedicine - the ethical frameworks and sociological contexts that make up healthcare. The course will promote critical thinking about ethical dilemmas in medicine and about will strengthen understanding of social determinants of health, disease and healthcare, health inequalities, patient-doctor relationships and professional responsibility. The acquired analytical skills will allow you to deal with complex moral individual and collective challenges in clinical practice, research and public health.
Preliminary Knowledge
In order to successfully acquire the intended study course, the student does not need specific prerequisites.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Students will navigate key ethical theoretical approaches, problems and principles in bioethical discourse.
2.Students will explore the sociological approach and sociological theories on health, disease, healthcare and healthcare professions, societal structures, their interactions and the resulting consequences for health and access to health care.
3.Students will have become familiar with the legal, professional and cultural norms governing clinical and public health practices.
Skills
1.Students will develop the ability to define key ethical theories and concepts of bioethics, identify and explain bioethical problems and dilemmas, and apply their expertise to analyze and discuss ethical cases, be able to form and formulate sound arguments, and address moral dilemmas using theoretical frameworks of bioethics.
2.Students will be able to identify and use key concepts of medical sociology and carry out a sociological analysis of real health and healthcare-related situations, identifying structural inequalities, cultural impacts and power relationships.
Competences
1.By successfully completing the course, students will be able to use ethical principles respectfully and consistently and independently in patient care and decision-making; recognise and respond appropriately to social determinants affecting patient health and access to healthcare; to navigate institutional and policy contexts with knowledge of professional norms, patients’ rights and the principle of fairness; and participate in critical and interdisciplinary cooperation, able to balance clinical, moral, cultural and sociological aspects.
Assessment
Individual work
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(Parts 1 and 2) Literature learning |
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To acquire and analyse the course’s compulsory literature and seminar reading material. |
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(Part 1) case of bioethics |
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Working in groups, prepare a case for ethical analysis to one of the seminars, as well as manage and evaluate discussions on the prepared case within the framework of the seminar. |
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(Part 2) preparations for the examination of the semester |
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Prepare independently for the semester examination work on the subjects acquired in the course in lectures and seminars. |
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(Parts 1 and 2) preparing for the exam |
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Prepare independently for an exam on topics learned in the course in lectures and seminars. |
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(Parts 1 and 2) course assessment questionnaires |
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Complete the course evaluation questionnaires at the end of the course. |
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Examination
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% from total grade
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1.
(Parts 1 and 2) participation in seminars |
10.00% from total grade
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10 points
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The student participates individually and in the group actively in all seminars, understands and is able to formulate ideas expressed in the seminar reader, participates productively in discussions on issues of the seminar topic, argues his position, uses appropriate terminology in discussions, refers to the seminar reader in discussions. |
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(Part 1) case |
20.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Offering a case for ethical analysis and conducting and evaluating a discussion about a case in the course of a seminar. |
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3.
(Part 2) semester examinations |
20.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Students take 3 semester examination papers on topics learned in the course in lectures and seminars. |
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4.
(Parts 1 and 2) exam |
50.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Student writes an exam that assesses his knowledge of topics learned in the course. |
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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On site
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Topics
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Bioethics and ethical theories
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Bioethics and ethical theories
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Ethical problems at the beginning of human life: the moral status of an embryo
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Ethical problems at the beginning of human life: the moral status of an embryo
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2
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Topics
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Ethics of assisted death
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Ethics of assisted death
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Organ transplantation ethics and definitions of death
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Organ transplantation ethics and definitions of death
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Fairness: Fair distribution of resources in healthcare
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Fairness: Fair distribution of resources in healthcare
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Ethics in research
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Ethics in research
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Respect for autonomy
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Genetic diagnostics and gene therapy
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Aggregate for part 1
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Use of animals in science and education
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
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Lecture
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Introduction to Medicine Sociology
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Doctor-patient interaction
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2
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Health and disease models
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Body sociology and disease experience
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Social determinants of health, health lifestyles, mental health and postmodernism
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The Golden age of Medicine, alternativa Medicine and the future
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Basics of Medicine Sociology
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Key theories in Sociology
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Concepts of health and disease
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Understanding the body in sociology
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Social inequality
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Lifestyle
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Interpretation of mental illness in Sociology
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Doctor-patient relationship
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Complementary and alternative medicine
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Social change and global processes in healthcare
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Kursa 1. daļai:
2.
Klīve, V.V. Rīcības ceļos. Rīga: Zinātne, 1998. (akceptējams izdevums)
3.
Sīle, V. (sast.) Biomedicīnas ētika. Teorija un prakse. Rīga: RSU, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)
4.
Neiders, I. Gēnu redaktori. Rīgas Laiks, 2018, Septembris, 10.-19. lpp.
5.
Kuhse, H & Singer, P. (eds.) A Companion to Bioethics. Blackwell Publishing, 2nd Edition, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums)Suitable for English stream
6.
Neiders, I. “Cilvēka uzlabošana.” Sīlis, V. Neiders, I. (red.) Filosofiskā antropoloģija II, Rīga, RSU, 2018.
7.
Singers, P. “Dzīvnieku atbrīvošana” (Kentaurs XXI, 2001, 25, 94.-107. lpp.) (akceptējams izdevums)
8.
Kursa 2. daļai:
9.
Bite, D. (zin. red.). 2022. Medicīnas socioloģija. Rīga: RSU (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
10.
Collyer, Fran (ed.). 2015. The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)Suitable for English stream
11.
Ivanovs, Andrejs. 2016. Riska faktoru analīze saslimšanai ar tuberkulozi Latvijā. Promocijas darbs, Rīga: RSU (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
12.
Mežinska, Signe. 2011. Hroniskas slimības subjektīvā pieredze un pensijas vecuma cilvēku dzīves kvalitāte. Promocijas darbs, Rīga: RSU (latviešu plūsmas studentiem) (akceptējams izdevums)
13.
Salmane - Kuļikovska, Ieva. 2014. Bezrecepšu medikamentu, vitamīnu un uztura bagātinātāju lietošana Latvijā. Promocijas darbs, Rīga: RSU (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
14.
Sīlis, Vents. 2018. “veselības un medicīnas socioloģija.” no Nacionālā enciklopēdija (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
15.
Sīlis, Vents. 2010. Latvijas iedzīvotāju veselības uzvedība un dzīves kvalitāte. Promocijas darbs, Rīga: RSU (latviešu plūsmas studentiem) (akceptējams izdevums)
16.
Vībane, Kristīne. 2019. Insultu pārcietušo cilvēku un viņu tuvinieku insultpratība. Promocijas darbs, Rīga: LU Sociālo zinātņu fakultāte (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
17.
Vībane, Kristīne. 2018. “klīniskā socioloģija.” no Nacionālā enciklopēdija (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
18.
Weiss, Gregory L., and Lynne E. Lonnquist. 2017. The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness. 9th edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)Suitable for English stream
19.
Ettorre, Elizabeth. 2010. Culture, Bodies and the Sociology of Health. Farnham : Routledge. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) (klasiska mācību grāmata medicīnas socioloģijā)Suitable for English stream
20.
Will, Catherine M. 2020. 'And breathe...'? The sociology of health and illness in COVID‐19 time. Sociology of Health & Illness. Jun2020, Vol. 42 Issue 5, p.967-971.Suitable for English stream
Additional Reading
1.
Kursa 1. daļai:
2.
Kuhse, H. (ed.) Bioethics. An Anthology. Blackwell Publishing. 2006.Suitable for English stream
3.
Steinbock, B. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.Suitable for English stream
4.
Campbell, A. Bioethics: The Basics, Routledge, 2017.Suitable for English stream
5.
Kursa 2. daļai:
6.
Association, Press. 2016. “‘Postcode Lottery’ Revealed in NHS Care.” The Guardian, September 8, 2016, sec. Society.Suitable for English stream
7.
Clarke, Alan. 2010. The Sociology of Healthcare: 2nd Edition. London: Pearson. Kopkatalogā (klasiska mācību grāmata medicīnas socioloģijā)Suitable for English stream
8.
Cockerham, William C. 2013. “Sociological Theory in Medical Sociology in the Early Twenty-First Century.” Social Theory & Health 11 (3): 241–55. Health Research Premium CollectionSuitable for English stream
9.
Kitto, Simon. 2011. Sociology of Interprofessional Health Care Practice: Critical Reflections and Concrete Solutions. New York : Nova Science Publishers. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)Suitable for English stream
10.
Neiders, Ivars. 2015. “Budžeta ‘ēdāji’ - Rīgas Laiks.” Rīgas laiks, February 2015 (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
11.
Nettleton, Sarah. 2013. The Sociology of Health and Illness. Reprinted. Cambridge: Polity Press. (klasiska medicīnas socioloģijas mācību grāmata)Suitable for English stream
12.
“Pētījums: 87% iedzīvotāju veselības aprūpes pieejamību vērtē kā viduvēju vai sliktu.” n.d. Accessed September 5, 2019. (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)
13.
Relating Social Theories to Medicine. n.d. Accessed September 3, 2019Suitable for English stream
14.
“Sabiedrības aizspriedumi atspoguļojas mediķos; HIV pacientiem atsaka pieņemšanu.” 2019. TVNET. April 14, 2019 (latviešu plūsmas studentiem)