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Course
Materials:
The course
will explore human evolution, globalization and the environment
as factors for health disparities and the geographic distribution
of disease.
Some of
the topics discussed in the course include:
- cultural
interpretations of HIV/AIDS
- how different
ethnicities experience healthcare as practitioners or consumers
- different medical
systems (naturopathy, ethnobotany, shamanism, etc.)
Emphasis
is placed on the cross-cultural, comparative analysis of how people
cope with illness through a range of medical systems. Students will
be introduced to the wide array of careers in medical anthropology
that support healthy communities in the United States, as well as
the various responsibilities of health practitioners globally.
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