Anthropology of Health and Healing
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Overview
Subject area
ANTH
Catalog Number
25500
Course Title
Anthropology of Health and Healing
Department(s)
Description
This course explores the relationship between illness, suffering and healing across a range of medical systems, including biomedicine. Cultural practices and belief systems are analyzed with specific attention to the ways in which political and economic power shape illness and suffering around the world. Students are introduced to key concepts in medical anthropology and address challenging material on health, illness and the body cross--culturally.
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3