Key Features * Textbook has been prepared strictly as per the INC syllabus and divided into 12 chapters. * Important points to be focused is given in the beginning and question for practice is also given. * Also includes MCQs in the end to familiarise the readers with the type of questions appear in the examinations.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Sociology Definition of sociology * Nature and scope of the discipline * Importance and application of sociology in nursing
2. Individual and Society * Society and community * Nature of society * Differences between society and community * Processes of socialization and individualization * Personal disorganization
3. Culture * Nature of culture * Evolution of culture * Diversity and uniformity of culture * Culture and socialization * Trans cultural society * Influence on health and disease
4. Social Groups and Processes or Social Interaction * The meaning and classification of groups * Primary and secondary groups * In-group V/s out-group, class, tribe and caste * Economic, political, religions, group, mob, crowd, public and audience, interaction and social process * Cooperation, competition, conflict * Accommodation, assimilation and isolation
5. Population * Society and population * Population distribution in India: Demographic characteristics * Malthusian theory of population * Population explosion in India and its impact on health status * Family welfare programs
6. Family and Marriage * Family functions * Types, joint, nuclear, blended, extended * Family characteristics * The modern family: Changes, problems, dowry, etc.
7. Social Stratification * Meaning and types of social stratification * The Indian caste system: Origin and features * Features of caste in India today * Social class system and status * Social mobility: Meaning and types * Race as a biological concept: Criteria of racial classification * Salient features of primary races: Racism * Influences of class, caste and races on health and health practices
8. Types of Communities in India (Rural, Urban and Regional) * Features of village community and characteristics of Indian villages: Panchayat system, social dynamics * Community development project and planning changes in Indian rural life * Availability of health facilities in rural and its impact on health and health practices * Urban community features * The growth of cities: Urbanization and its impact on health and health practices * Major urban problems: Urban slums * Region: Problems and impact on health
9. Social Changes * Nature and process of social change * Factors influencing social change, cultural change, cultural lag * Introduction to theories of social change, linear, cyclical, Marxian, functional * Role of nurse: Change agent
10. Social Organization and Social System * Social organization: Elements and types * Democratic and authoritarian modes of participants * Voluntary association * Social system: Definition and types of social system * Role and status as structural elements of social system * Interrelationship of institutions
11. Social Control * Nature and process of social control * Political, legal, religious, educational, economic industrial and technological systems * Norms and values: Folkways, mores, customs, laws and fashion * Role of nurses
12. Social Problems * Social disorganization * Control and planning: Poverty, housing, illiteracy, food supplies, prostitution, rights of women and children, vulnerable groups * Elderly, handicapped, minority groups and other marginalized groups, child labor, child abuse, delinquency and crime, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS * Social welfare programs in India * Role of Nurse * MCQs in Sociology * Index
