History 136 - History of Medicine and Health Care

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University of California-Irvine

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136A The Making of Modern Medicine (4). Examination of medical care in Britain from the 1660 plague to establishment of the National Health Service Act in 1946. Structured around meanings of health and disease, the organization of medicine, and the politics of health care. 136B Race and Medicine (4). Examines racial politics in the development of American medicine from 1870 to 1990s. Racial subordination and the American Medical Association, discrimination in medical education and black medical schools, the National Medical Association, black doctors and war, health care inequities and AIDS. 136D Topics in the History of Medicine and Health Care (4). May be repeated for credit as topics vary. 136E History of Epidemics and Infectious Disease (4). Examines how epidemics tax political, economic, and spiritual resources and challenge prevailing medical theories and practices. Looks at how society has responded to epidemics and disease throughout history, beginning in antiquity and ending in the present.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uci.edu/

Phone Number:

(949) 824-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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