Medical Ethnography

Catalog description

Advanced students conduct ethnographic fieldwork in local health care settings or with local communities with distinct medical cultures. Examines patterns of health service utilization and access to clinical health care, as well as alternatives to clinical health care. Working collaboratively with health care professionals and/or ethnic populations with special health care needs, such as immigrant or indigenous communities, students document and analyze information pertaining to the delivery and consumption of health care services and the generation of health care alternatives. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Service Learning course.