ANT 330 - Culture, Health and Healing

A course in anthropology or SOC 100; or consent of instructor. (3) S

Anthropological perspectives on biological, environmental and socio-cultural factors shaping patterns of health, disease and illness, and healing. Comparative analyses of diverse medical knowledges and practices, power and inequality in health, illness, and healing experiences, interactions among differing health and healing systems in specific locales, and different frameworks for delivery of health services in a rapidly changing and globalizing world. Graded ABCDE