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301958 (v.2) Medical Anthropology in International Health 600



 

Area:

Centre for International Health

Contact Hours:

8.0

Credits:

25.0

Individual Study:

1 x 8 Hours Weekly
Overview of anthropological and sociological contributions of health and health care, models of disease, health, illness and care, historical genesis and cross-cultural introduction to ethnomedicines, biomedicine as a form of ethnomedicine, patients and healers in the context of culture, the health consequences of rapid social change. Mental health in developing and developed countries. The political economy of ill-health.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y Y
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y Y
2004Bentley CampusTerm 4 Y 

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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