Issues in Medical Anthropology

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This course undertakes a deeper look at medical anthropology by performing a structural analysis of healthcare, focusing in the United States. It is designed to get students thinking critically about the systems of healthcare with which they engage as patients and, potentially, as future practitioners. Using scholarly articles exclusively, students analyze and integrate sources as they discuss current issues in medicine, such as medicalization, as well as inequalities based on race, immigration and gender. Students lead discussions on weekly academic articles, strengthening their ability to analyze and integrate scholarly sources. Prerequisite(s): SY 222 or SY 230 .