GWS 263

Spring 2020 All Classes

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History of Medicine in the United States

Credit: 3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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GWS 263 class schedule data for spring 2020
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	49071	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	Armory	Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Info: Description: Medicine and public health in the United States from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Topics include medical theories, therapeutic practices, and institutions (medical schools, hospitals, asylums, clinics) and how they have been determined by science, culture, politics, law, and social structures. In addition, we will examine specific diseases and epidemics (including polio, cancer, AIDS); health care providers, patients, and public policy. Throughout, the course highlights race, sex, (dis)ability, and other social categories that have affected medical care (or its lack) and that have been defined in medical terms. The course includes analysis and discussion of original documents, memoirs, art, and film.