HIS 3450 - History of American Medicine

Institution:

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Subject:

History

Description:

3 hours; 3 credits The course focuses on the history of doctors, patients, epidemics, and other illnesses from smallpox to HIV/AIDS over the last three centuries. It examines the rise of the health care professions, changing meanings of disease, scientific discoveries, new problems of high costs and insurance, and medicine's effect on society. Topics include vaccinations, public health, popular images of medicine, childbirth, the modern hospital, Medicare, and Medicaid. Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.baruch.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(646) 312-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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