LTCS 155Health, Illness, and Global Culture

4 units · LTCS · UC San Diego

A medical humanities course that examines compelling written and cinematic accounts of health issues confronting contemporary societies such as environmental pollution, contaminated food supply, recreational drug use, HIV/AIDS, cancer, chronic conditions (allergies, diabetes, obesity, arthritis), famine, natural disasters, and war. May be taken for credit up to two times as topics vary.