Medicine & Cultural Diversity ((3 Credits))

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This course will build on concerns introduced in the first study. We will aim to develop practitioners’ awareness of cultural diversity factors in medicine nationally and internationally, as well as how the legacies of U. S. medicine may still complicate relationships between physicians and patients. Through an examination of historical and contemporary issues, this study seeks to foster an awareness and sensitivity to issues of diversity—locally, nationally, and globally. From the use of slaves as medical test subjects in the U.S. to international issues of surrogacy, this course seeks to explore the complex and sometimes contradictory role that medicine has had as it has shaped and been shaped by social attitudes and politics.