HIST 263
fall 2020
All Classes
History of Medicine in the United States
Credit: 3 hours.
Medicine and public health in the United States from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Topics include medical theories, therapeutic practices, and institutions as determined by science, culture, politics, law, and social structures. Additional attention will be paid to illness and epidemics; health care providers, patients, and public policy. Throughout, the course will highlight race, sex, (dis)ability, and other social categories that have affected medical care and been defined in medical terms.
Same as GWS 263.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2020 for:
- Cultural Studies - US Minority
- Humanities – Hist & Phil

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