A&S 304 - cm Cluster Course: Body Images in Medicine And The Arts

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University of Missouri-Kansas City

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Description:

Open to all students, this course focuses on the human body as an object of study in the history and practice of medicine. The class identifies a number of key issues which affect the attitudes that contemporary physicians often have about their patients based upon prevalent attitudes toward the human body in our society. Societal values which shape our ideas about gender, physical appearance, cosmetic surgery, obesity, and genetic abnormalities will be the focus of determining the extent to which these issues may actually affect the education of physicians and choices of medical treatment. The course examines the evolution of these values historically through works of art and recurring themes in literature. the course is interdisciplinary, involving lectures in contemporary medicine, the history of medicine, the history of art, and literature. It satisfies current baccalaureate requirements for interdisciplinary coursework in the humanities. The course will not count toward required courses for the major in art, art history, literature or history. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Offered: Summer 1994. 3 hrs

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umkc.edu/

Phone Number:

(816) 235-1000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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