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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL MEDICINE

ANTHRO/MEDHIST 231
Course Description

Provides analytical tools for the critical examination of the social, cultural, political and economic determinants of health conditions and medical practice. Pays special attention to how these factors determine how patients and providers experience and ideate disease and treatment, and how they respond to specific health care policies. Emphasizes the important role that conditions of structural violence and inequality play as determinants of health conditions in a globalized world.

Prerequisties

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.83

1.65% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
65.22%

-7.87% from Historical

Class Size
23

-22.47% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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