Ateneo - UPO

Sociology of care and care networks

The exam texts will be delivering during lessons
For further information, these will not be exam texts:
BULMER M. (1987), The Social Basis of Community Care, Allen & Unwin, London; trad. it. Le basi della community care. Sociologia delle relazioni informali di cura, Trento, Centro Studi Erickson (1992)

Learn key ideas and terminologies for analyzing patient support networks.
Understand how to study care networks by distinguishing between types of networks and actors involved in caring for a non-independent individual.
Understanding how to identify and involve patients' primary and secondary care and support networks within a community welfare framework.

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Group work includes reading and learning new topics, looking for further material, analyzing it, and having a collective conversation. The task will be based on analyzing specific circumstances and identifying potential actions.
Individual in-depth work from home.

Written exam with multiple choice and open questions

Fundamental concepts and an introduction to network analysis
How to Create a Sociogram
Identifying and activating assistance networks.
Application of principles to case studies.

At the completion of the course, students should be able to examine the patient's social environment and the networks in which he is embedded, as well as identify and activate the actors and social networks required for the patient.