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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2023 |
Registration ID | HLTHH206B001 |
Course Title | Health and Medicine in Modern American History |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Health Studies |
Instructor | Anders,Eli |
Times and Days | TTh 10:00am-11:30am
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Room Location | STO16 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1400 This course explores key themes in the history of medicine, health, and healing in the modern United States, including the evolution of the medical profession; the role of race, class, and gender in shaping medical ideas and practices; shifting burdens of disease; relationships between patients and practitioners; medical science and the rise of biomedicine; the social meanings of disease; relationships between medicine, industry, and public health; and hospitals and health insurance.; Pre-requisite(s): None; Enrollment Limit: 25; Lottery Preference: 1.) Declared Health Studies minors 2.) History Majors 3.) Everyone else Social Science, B: Analysis of the Social World (; Hav: SO, B) |
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