ANTH3007 - Medical Anthropology
Term 1
Description
Using data from societies throughout the world, the course covers biomedical and behavioural definitions of disease and illness: systems of classification, the distribution of disease and illness; the roles of healer and the sick; rituals of healing; politics of diagnosis; competition between, and change with, medical systems; the assessment of efficacy.
ANTH3007
| Taught by: | Dr Joe Calabrase, Dr Sahra Gibbon |
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E-mail: |
j.calabrese@ucl.ac.uk, s.gibbon@ucl.ac.uk |
| Assessment: | 2 hour unseen written exam (60%) + 2500 words essay (40%) |
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Student Contact Hours: |
1 x 2 hour lecture + 1 hour tutorial per week |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
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Option Type: |
Medical Anthropology |
