Sistema centralizzato di iscrizione agli esami
Programma
DEMOETHNOANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES AND THE HISTORY OF
MEDICINE
ROSALBA CIRANNI
Anno accademico
CdS
2016/17
NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
SCIENCES
016MF
6
Codice
CFU
Moduli
Settore
DISCIPLINE DEMOETNOA M-DEA/01
NTROPOLOGICHE
STORIA DELLA MEDICINA MED/02
E BIOETICA
Tipo
LEZIONI
Ore
24
Docente/i
SANDRA BURCHI
LEZIONI
24
ROSALBA CIRANNI
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will be able to: - understand modern biomedicine as the outcome of a complex historical
development - critically evaluate methodologies, successes and failures in the history of medicine - understand some aspects of globalization
and the problem of cultural differences in contemporary world -understand some basical notions of medical anthropology
Assessment criteria of knowledge
The student will be assessed on her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate language and showing a
critical understandig of basic concepts.
Methods:
Final oral exam
Final written exam
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
attending lectures
participation in seminar
participation in discussions
individual study
Attendance: Mandatory
Teaching methods:
Lectures
Seminar
Syllabus
The course includes two parts, concerning the history of medicine (prof. Rosalba Ciranni)and cutural anthropology (prof. Fabio Dei). The History
of Medicine sub-course will take into account some major moments in the rise of modern biomedicine, focusing on epistemological and
methodological problems. The field of bioethics will be considered as well, discussing case-studies of moral implications of scientific research.
The CUltural Anthropology sub-course is articulated in three main topics: - the problem of cultural differences and the notions of race, culturar
and ethnic identity - some basic notions in the Anthropology of medicine (the concept of "biomedicine", the notions of illness, disease and
sickness, the anthropology of the body9, "culture-bound syndromes", the probloem of simbolic efficacy; - the "spirit of the gift" and the welfare
economies.
Bibliography
History of Medicine: - G. Corbellini, Breve storia delle idee di salute e malattia, Roma, Carocci - R. Porter, Breve ma veridica storia della
medicina occidentale, Roma, Carocci Cultural Anthropolgy: F. Dei, Antropologia culturale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012 Further recommended
(optional) readings: - M. Aime, Eccessi di culture, Torino, Einaudi; - B. Good, Narrare la malattia, Torino, Einaudi - I.Quaranta, Antropologia
medica: i testi fondamentali, Milano, Cortina - D. Cozzi, a cura di, Le parole dell'antropologia medica. Piccolo dizionario, Perugia, Morlacchi - J.
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Programma
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Work placement
Yes
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