ANTH 430 - Medical Ethnography

Institution:

California State University-San Marcos

Subject:

Description:

Involves advanced students conducting ethnographic fieldwork in local health clinics or hospitals or with local communities with unique medical cultures. Examines patterns of health service utilization and access to clinical health care, as well as alternatives to clinical health care. Students, working collaboratively with either health care professionals and/or ethnic populations with special health care needs, such as immigrant or indigenous communities, document and analyze ethnographic data pertaining to the delivery and consumption of health care services and the generation of health care alternatives. A focused research question is examined through interviewing, participant observation, data collection, and analysis involving the community under study and specific health service providers. Service Learning course. Enrollment requirement: ANTH 200.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csusm.edu

Phone Number:

(760) 750-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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