AN 220 - Culture,Health,and Healing

Institution:

Pine Manor College - Closed

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Description:

By looking at ways various cultures define diseases and prescribe cures, both within Western society and in other societies, this course works toward an appreciation of the interplay of disease and cultural responses to this universal phenomenon. The course addresses the meaning of sickness, the nature of relationships between patients and healers, the morality of illness, the effects of culture on emotional states, and how the knowledge of non-Western practices can inform the management of our own health problems. Spring 2011 and alternate years. Group: II.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pmc.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 731-7000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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