MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Catalog description

(Slashed with ANTH 58250 ) This course teaches students the central concepts and methods of medical anthropology, treating illness and healing as biocultural, political and experiential phenomena. The course considers both the specificity of local medical cultures and the complex interactions among the environment, human behavior and political and economic policies that shape them. The course will sensitize students to cultural issues in sickness and health care, and provide some critical analytic concepts and tools. Students with JUNIOR standing or above may request that the prerequisite be waived.