2009 Course Handbook
ANTH816: Culture, Health and Disease
This unit examines the cultural and socio-economic dimensions of disease and health. Notions of disease causality and healing practices vary enormously across societies, knowledge of which is crucial to the field of international public health. We look at how anthropological knowledge and methods can be used in applied settings, for example, to improve communication between health practitioners and patients. We also address questions in critical medical anthropology, such as: How do global inequalities and violence affect health in developing countries? What larger social transformations accompany the rise of biomedicine, including recent biomedical technologies?
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | 2010 - offered in 2010 |
| Staff Contact: | Anthropology staff |
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| NCCWs: | ANTH377 |
| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Faculty of Arts |