ANTH 460 - Medical Anthropology

3 Credit(s)

This course will explore the cross-cultural significance of health and wellness from an anthropological perspective. We will delve into the complex interplay of biological, psychological, social, environmental, and political-economic processes on the concepts of illness, suffering, and healing. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ethnographic approach to the lived context in which wellness and suffering are experienced, narrated, and addressed.