PM 479 - Health, Medicine, and Social Reform

Institution:

University of Rochester

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Examination of the interconnected histories of medical science, public health, and political action promoting social and health reform, from the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century to the present. Attention will also be directed to improvements in health status, variations in the distribution of disease and risk, and changes in the social role of medicine and medical institutions. The material includes major primary sources: Frank, Engels,Virchow, Riis, Hamilton, Sigerist, Geiger. Secondary readings will include Rosen's A HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, and Jones' BAD BLOOD.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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