GLBH 112Medicine, Global Health, and Bioethics
This course explores the global medical commons via current topics in medical anthropology and sociology, including learning medicine, the work of doctoring, the culture of biomedicine and the clinic, the political economy of health care, the ethics of care at the end of life, and medical rationing. We will examine how medical knowledge, ethical practice, research, and technology are culturally shaped and institutionally organized in different societies.
Prerequisites
None listed in the catalog.