Gender, Race and Medicine

3 credits

Introduces students to the fields of medical humanities and health humanities and to the historical, cultural and political entanglements between medical knowledge systems and practices, beliefs about health, and shifting understandings of gender, race, and sexuality. Third-year standing. Credit will be granted for only one of ENGL_O 482, CULT_O 482, ENGL_O 412B, or CULT_O 470B when the subject matter is of the same nature. Equivalency: CULT_O 482.