Dr. Rubeena Zakar, MBBS, MPS, PhD (Germany), is Associate Professor of Public Health at the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies of University of the Punjab in Lahore (Pakistan). She comes to Bielefeld under the Erasmus+ Teaching Exchange programme.
This course examines to provide an in-depth knowledge on social processes and social structures leading to disease and illness in the society. It will also provide introduction to the major conceptual frameworks of medical sociology. This course will cover sociological perspectives of health and illness and distributions of health and illness by social factors. Patterns of health and illness in developed and developing countries will be studied in relation to the variables sex/gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status and the health care system.
Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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one-time | Do | 16-18 | E01-108 | 01.06.2017 | |
one-time | Mi | 10-14 | U2-222 | 14.06.2017 | |
one-time | Mi | 10-14 | U2-222 | 21.06.2017 | |
one-time | Mi | 10-14 | U2-222 | 28.06.2017 | |
one-time | Mi | 10-14 | U2-222 | 05.07.2017 | |
one-time | Mi | 10-14 | U2-222 | 12.07.2017 | |
one-time | Mi | 10-14 | U2-222 | 19.07.2017 | |
one-time | Mi | 12-16 | X-B2-101 | 26.07.2017 |
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30-M25 Fachmodul Transnationalisierung, Migration und Entwicklung | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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The binding module descriptions contain further information, including specifications on the "types of assignments" students need to complete. In cases where a module description mentions more than one kind of assignment, the respective member of the teaching staff will decide which task(s) they assign the students.
A combination of class lecture and discussions based on the readings will be used. In addition to active class participation, students need to present papers related to any of the topic of medical sociology. For getting grades, students will submit term papers on the subject by the end of the semester.