| Winter Term 2027 Medical Anthropology - 1138 - ANTH 342 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: Sophomore standing Catalog Description : An introduction to the comparative, cross-cultural study of health, healing, and beliefs about the body and illness. Topics covered include: (1) biocultural approaches to understanding health; (2) social determinants of health (how social inequalities become embodied); (3) medical systems, including biomedicine, as cultural systems of knowledge and practice; (4) the social construction of illness and health; and (5) an introduction to global health. PREREQUISITES: Sophomore standing Attributes: Cross-Listed Course, GER Social Science Div, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs
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