This course is an introduction to contemporary medical anthropology. It surveys anthropological approaches to the relationship between socio-cultural factors and illness, health, healing practices, the body, and mind. The ways in which social, cultural and political forces impact how various forms of human health and illness are understood, experienced, and dealt with will be examined. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): ANTH 111.3 or 30 credit units of university courses including an introductory social sciences course.
This course is an introduction to contemporary medical anthropology. It surveys anthropological approaches to the relationship between socio-cultural factors and illness, health, healing practices, the body, and mind. The ways in which social, cultural and political forces impact how various forms of human health and illness are understood, experienced, and dealt with will be examined. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): ANTH 111.3 or 30 credit units of university courses including an introductory social sciences course.
