Studies in English

Medicine and Society

Medicine and Society

Sociological part: the main objective of the course is to provide medical students with the following:
a) information on the major achievements of sociology as a general theoretical science, in the areas that are more or less intertwined with medicine and which should belong to the corpus of the general education of every medical professional

Medical-ethical part: the main objective of the course is to introduce medical students to the following:
a) the origin and phylogenesis of moral
b) basic ethical categories and concepts
d) basic areas of contemporary ethics in medicine
e) practical aspects of medical ethical thinking and action

Social-medical part: the objective of the course is to introduce students to:
a) the definition of health, models of health and quality of life
b) the role of medicine and health service in the process of improving the health of the population
c) human rights and patients’ rights, especially with patient-centered approach
d) public health ethics and ethical theories in health care development
e) community and the effects of social and cultural phenomena in a community development for health

 

Teaching Staff Members:     

Asst. Prof. Danijela Tiosavljević
Assoc. Prof.Sandra Radenović
Vida Jeremić Stojković, TA
Smiljana Cvjetković, TA
Pavle Piperac, TA
Prof.Dejana Vuković
Asst. Prof. Janko Janković
Prof.Bojana Matejić
Prof.Milena Šantrić Milićević
Ass. Jovana Todorović,
Ass. Željka Stamenković,
Ass. Maša Davidović
Asst. Prof Bosiljka Đikanović
Prof. Vesna Bjegović Mikanović
Prof. Aleksandra Jović Vraneš
Prof. Zorica Terzić Šupić

 

Recommended literature for Medical Sociology:
•    Giddens, Anthony (2009) Sociology (Sixth Edition). Cambridge, Policy Network : Polity.
Available for online reading at:
•    https://archive.org/details/Sociology_6_edition/page/n9

Recommended literature for Medical Ethics:
•    Pence, G. E. (2007). Medical ethics: Accounts of the cases that shaped and define medical ethics.
•    Edge, R., & Groves, J. (2005). Ethics of health care: A guide for clinical practice. Nelson Education.
•    Momoh, P. (2006). World Medical Association, Medical ethics manual.
Available for online reading at:
•    http://www.whcaonline.org/uploads/publications/em_en.pdf

Form of exam:
•    Medical Sociology: test
•    Medical Ethics: essay