Health, Healing and Ethics: Introduction to Medical Anthropology

ANTHROPOLOGY 3310

This course will offer a broad examination of health, healing and ethics in cross-cultural perspective. Specific topics include the cultural construction and organization of medical systems; social class as a factor influencing health status and access to health care; health and economic development; and the exportation of biomedicine worldwide. Ethical dilemmas associated with genetic testing, new reproductive technologies, organ transplants, and with global disparities in health will receive particular attention.
Course Attributes: EN S; BU Eth; AS LCD; AS SSC; FA SSC; AR SSC; CFH MHA

Section 01

Health, Healing and Ethics: Introduction to Medical Anthropology

INSTRUCTOR: Canna
M-W---- 01:00 PM | TBA

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