SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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1 | Introduction to course | |
2 | Introduction to basic issues | |
3 | "Irrational" beliefs in disease causation and treatment | |
4 | "Irrational" beliefs (cont.) | |
5 | Symbolic healing and harming | |
6 | The cultural construction of disease | |
7 | Theoretical frames | |
8 | Meaning, medicine, and illness | First paper topic discussed in class |
9 | The institution(s) of medicine I | |
10 | The institution(s) of medicine II | Video: "Back from Madness" |
11 | The institution(s) of medicine III | First paper due in class |
12 | The institution(s) of medicine IV | Video: "Deadly Deception" |
13 | The institution(s) of medicine V | |
14 | The institution(s) of medicine VI | |
15 | The institution(s) of medicine VII | Video: "The Search for Satan" |
16 | Health, disease and healing in the larger social context I | |
17 | Health, disease and healing in the larger social context II |
Second paper topic discussed in class Video: "Simple Courage" |
18 | Health, disease and healing in the larger social context III | |
19 | Health, disease and healing in the larger social context IV | Second paper due in class |
20 | Health, disease and healing in the larger social context V | |
21 | Stigma, responsibility, and blame | Third paper topics discussed in class |
22 | The challenge of chronic illness | |
23 | New reproductive technologies | Video: "The Lynchburg Story" |
24 |
New reproductive technologies (cont.) The social and political context of reproduction | Third paper due in class |
25 | The social and political context of reproduction (cont.) | |
26 | Reports on third paper in class |