Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Requirement Designation:
Humanities Exploration
Description
This course introduces students to the ways in which the disciplines of the Humanities have examined and analyzed questions concerning health care and the history of medicine. Students will be introduced to some of the central debates in medical ethics, to the complexities of interpersonal and public communication in the arena of health care, and to the diverse ways in which health has been interpreted and medicine practiced in different societies.