GLBH 112. Medicine, Global Health, and Bioethics (4 units)
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Description
This course explores the global medical commons via current topics in medical anthropology and sociology, including learning medicine, the work of doctoring, the culture of biomedicine and the clinic, the political economy of health care, the ethics of care at the end of life, and medical rationing. We will examine how medical knowledge, ethical practice, research, and technology are culturally shaped and institutionally organized in different societies.
Prerequisite courses
GLBH 112 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have GLBH 112 as a prerequisite.