ECTS - University of Pisa
Scheda programma d'esame
DEMOETHNOANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES AND THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
ROSALBA CIRANNI
Academic year2016/17
CourseNURSING AND MIDWIFERY SCIENCES
Code016MF
Credits6
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
DISCIPLINE DEMOETNOANTROPOLOGICHEM-DEA/01LEZIONI24
SANDRA BURCHI unimap
STORIA DELLA MEDICINA E BIOETICAMED/02LEZIONI24
ROSALBA CIRANNI unimap
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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. Godbout, Lo spirito del dono, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri - F. Dei, M. Aria, G.L. Mancini, a cura di, Il dono del sangue. Per un'antropolgoia dell'altruismo, Pisa, Pacini
Work placement
Yes
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27