Health Care in the United States

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Explores the culture and social organization of health-care systems in the United States, including mainstream allopathic medicine and nursing, as well as more ‘alternative healing’ modalities, such as faith healing, chiropractic, ‘New Age’ healing, and so forth. Gives students a specifically anthropological understanding of health care in American society. This anthropological perspective draws attention to the many diverse components of health care in the United States, from high-tech advanced medical science to faith healing.