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Culture, Illness and Healing - ANTH716
This unit examines the cultural and socio-economic dimensions of disease and health. Notions of disease causality and healing practices vary enormously across societies, knowledge of which is crucial to the field of international public health. We look at how anthropological knowledge and methods can be used in applied settings, for example, to improve communication between health practitioners and patients. We also address questions in critical medical anthropology, such as: How do global inequalities and violence affect health in developing countries? What larger social transformations accompany the rise of biomedicine, including recent biomedical technologies?
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Evening - Session 1, North Ryde, Evening |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Aaron Denham |
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Admission to MRes |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts |
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