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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2022 |
| Registration ID | HLTHH265B001 |
| Course Title | Medical Anthropology |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Health Studies |
| Instructor | Kelly,Patricia L. |
| Times and Days | TTh 11:30am-01:00pm
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| Room Location | STO10 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1250 Are our bodies, ourselves lively artifacts? How do social, cultural and political forces shape health, illness and survival as well as understandings and experiences of “the body”? This introductory course in medical anthropology approaches these questions by examining ethnographic studies and cross-comparative analyses. Topics include diverse concepts of disease etiology and healing practice; theories of embodiment and somatization; ethnomedicine, medical pluralism, and (bio)medicalization; structural violence, inequalities, and social suffering; political and moral economies of global health and medical humanitarianism; HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases; and effects of new medical technologies on how “we” live and die.; Enrollment Limit: 25; Lottery Preference(s): 1.) Health Studies minors 2.) Anthropology majors and minors Humanities, B: Analysis of the Social World (; Hav: HU, B) |
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