Medical Anthropology
Course Description
Emphasis is on how health, illness, and healing are understood, experienced, and constructed in social, cultural, and historical contexts. Topics: biopower and body politics, gender and reproductive technologies, illness experiences, medical diversity and social suffering, and the interface between medicine and science.
ANTHRO 282
Units: 3–5
See When It's Offered opens a new window opens in a new tab
Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
WAYS - Exploring Difference and Power (EDP)
WAYS - Social Inquiry (SI)