Women's Studies 35 - Women and the Medical System:A Feminist Perspective

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CUNY Brooklyn College

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Description:

3 hours; 3 credits Modern medical systems and women's place as medical workers and consumers of medical services. History of women healers and health workers. Influences of race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation on illness and treatment of women. Politics of contraception, sterilization, abortion, and childbirth. Self-help care movement. This course is the same as Health and Nutrition Sciences 34. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 10.7 or 10.8 or 12; Health and Nutrition Sciences 6.1; or permission of the coordinator.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 951-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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