ANTH 206 - Medicalanthropology

Institution:

Widener University-Main Campus

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Description:

The purpose of this course is to introduce the multidisciplinary field of medical anthropology. Its emphasis is on reaching an understanding of health and human disease within a context of evolution, biobehavioral interaction, ecology, and culture. In addition, the practice of Western medicine and non-Western or alternative medical practices will be contrasted. Topics include disease transmission, demographics, social roles of the healers and the sick, cross-cultural differences in their view of sickness and the sick, the challenge of 21st-century diseases (AIDS, Ebola, drug resistant bacteria, parasites, and viruses). No prerequisite. 3 semester hours

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 499-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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