ANTH 370 - Medical Anthropology

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Roger Williams University

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Description:

Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: ANTH 100; recommended SOC 300.This course examines the ways that culture shapes the meaning ofhealth and illness in everyday life by engaging the study of MedicalAnthropology. This vast subfield of cultural anthropology encompassesthe investigations of the cultural construction of health and illness,mind-body interaction, the social relations of healing, and thepolitical-economy of health care, among other more specific topics.The course material merges theoretical and applied approaches toexplore research of both Western biomedical and non-western medicaltraditions as they shape diagnosis, treatment and the experience ofsuffering. Assignments incorporate instruction in the qualitativemethods used in this subfield of cultural anthropology.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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