MEDICINE AND CULTURE |
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| Course Number: | SOAN-232 |
| Course Description: |
Cultural bases of illness and
curing; ethnographic examination of how non-Western societies
perceive and treat illness and how knowledge of non-Western
practices can be used to critique and inform the management of
our own health problems. Meanings of sickness, nature of relationships
between patients and healers, and effects of culture on
health. 4 credits. (IS or GP) Back to Course List |