Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Medical Anthropology
ANTH 3026 Medical Anthropology
Antirequisites:
ANTR 3026Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.Credits:
3Description:
This course examines cross-cultural approaches to health, illness, and healing. Topics covered in this course may include: theories of health and wellness, comparative study of medical systems, social roots of disease, social and symbolic construction and representation of the body, and medical pluralism.