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Calendar

Lec # topics key dates
1 Introduction to Course
2 Introduction to Basic Issues
3 "Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and Treatment
4 "Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and Treatment (cont.)
5 Symbolic Healing and Harming
6 The Cultural Construction of Disease
7 Theoretical Frames Topics for first paper discussed in the class
8 Meaning, Medicine, and Illness
9 The Institution(s) of Medicine I
10 The Institution(s) of Medicine II

Video: Back from Madness
First paper due in the class
11 The Institution(s) of Medicine III
12 The Institution(s) of Medicine IV

Video: Deadly Deception
13 The Institution(s) of Medicine V
14 The Institution(s) of Medicine VI

Video: The Search for Satan
15 The Institution(s) of Medicine VII
16 Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context I

Video: Simple Courage
17 Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context II Second paper due in the class
18 Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context III
19 Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context IV
20 Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context V
21 Stigmatized Conditions and the Construction of Illness
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 the class
25 The Social and Political Context of Reproduction (cont.)
26 Wrap-up: Students Present 5-minute Summaries of Third Papers