ANT 327 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology

Institution:

Buffalo State SUNY

Subject:

Description:

3, 3/0: 5 Prerequisite: ANT 100 or ANT 101 or permission of instructor. An overview of the history and development of concepts and practices of medicine worldwide. Theories and procedures in illness, sickness, health and well-being in and from a variety of cultural perspectives, historical and contemporary, East and West, Stone Age, folk, shaman, traditional Western and herbal medicine, including healing and religion, homeopathy, and anthropological study of health-care institutions.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalostate.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 878-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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