Medical anthropology is a comparative and ethnographic response to the global influence of biomedicine within diverse cultural worlds. This unit will examine major theoretical approaches, their respective critiques, and the methods that underpin them. Concepts such as 'health/illness', 'disease', 'well-being', 'life-death', and 'body/mind' will be located in a variety of cultural contexts and their implications for different approaches to diagnosis and treatment considered. The unit will include culturally located case studies of major contemporary health concerns, such as AIDS.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Anthropology |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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ANTH2027 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Anjalee Cohen, anjalee.cohen@sydney.edu.au |
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Tutor(s) | Paul-David Lutz, paul-david.lutz@sydney.edu.au |