Course ID
007239
Course Description
Anthropology of illness and health. Lay perceptions of health, ethnophysiology and pathology; pluralistic ideas about illness experiences; indigenous ideas about preventative and promotive health; folk dietetics; social labeling; and illness responsibility attribution. Emphasis on the study of health culture and how the subjective experience of illness and health is influenced by cultural variables. Draws upon cross-cultural ethnographic research and consideration of American health culture.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Attributes
GIDP - AIAR (Applied Intercult. Arts Rsch.)
Course Requisites
ANTH 536A is not prerequisite to ANTH 536B.
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No