ANTH344

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Medical Anthropology

Anthropology Willamette College

Course Description

This course introduces students to medical anthropology. By exploring human health, sickness and healing from diverse theoretical and cross-cultural perspectives, students will learn how different peoples around the world conceptualize the human body, explain the causes of disease, manage patients and healers, contend with stress, and articulate the meaning and origin of social suffering. The course has a service learning component.

College/School

Willamette College

Locations

Salem

Offering Cycle, by Year

All Years

Offering Cycle, by Semester

FS*

Credit Hours Min

4