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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

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Module Co-ordinatorSemester 1: Sabina Stan
Semester 2: Sabina Stan
Autumn: Sabina Stan
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
To enable students to relate and apply sociological and psychological theories and concepts to the area ofhealth and well-being.

Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the relevance of sociology and health psychology to health care.
2. Apply the principles, theories and salient issues in sociology and health psychology to healthcare



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24No Description
Independent learning101No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
The institutionalisation of health care.
Health and health care in capitalism.

The sexual politics of sickness.
The class context of nursing.

Nurse migration.
Nursing work and nursing boundaries.

Adjustment to illness and disability.
Stress and coping.

Health and illness-related cognitions.
Quality of life issues.

Psychological aspects of pain.
Therapeutic approaches and their assessment in health psychology.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category
Indicative Reading List
  • Turner, Bryan: 1995, Medical Power and Social Knowledge, Sage, London,
  • Morrison, V., & Bennett, P.: 2009, An Introduction to Health Psychology, Essex,
  • Allen, Davina and D. Hughes (eds.): 2002, Nursing and the division of Labour in Health Care, Palgrave Macmillan, New York,
  • Navarro, Vicente: 1976, Medicine under capitalism, Neale Watson Academic Publications, New York,
  • Miers, Margaret (ed.): 2003, Class, Inequalities and Nursing Practice, Palgrave, New York,
  • Kingma, Mireille: 2006, Nurses on the Move. Migration and the Global Health care Economy, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY,
  • Albery, I.P., & Munafo, M.: 2008, Key concepts in health psychology, Sage, London,
  • Bendelow, G.: 2009, Health, emotion and the body, Wiley, New York,
  • Michie, S., & Abraham, C.: 2004, Health psychology in practice, Blackwell, Malden, MA,
  • Ogden J.: 2008, Essential Readings in Health Psychology, Open University Maidenhead,
  • Walker, J., Payne S., Smith P., Jarrett, N.: 2007, Psychology for nurses and caring professions, Open University Maidenhead,
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