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ANTH 438 — Topics in Medical Anthropology

Conceptions of health and illness and the form and meaning that illness take are reflections of a particular social and cultural context. Examination of the metaphoric use of the body, comparative approaches to healing, and the relationship of healing systems to the political and economic order and to development.

  • Rating: 4.86 out of 5 from 133 student reviews
  • Difficulty: 3.00 out of 5
  • Credits: 3
  • Faculty: Faculty of Arts
  • Department: Anthropology
  • Prerequisite(s): ANTH 227 and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology or Minor Concentration in Social Studies of Medicine or permission of instructor.