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Introduction to Course |
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Introduction to Basic Issues |
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"Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and Treatment |
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"Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and Treatment (cont.) |
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Symbolic Healing and Harming |
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The Cultural Construction of Disease |
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Theoretical Frames |
Topics for first paper discussed in the class |
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Meaning, Medicine, and Illness |
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The Institution(s) of Medicine I |
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The Institution(s) of Medicine II
Video: Back from Madness |
First paper due in the class |
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The Institution(s) of Medicine III |
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The Institution(s) of Medicine IV
Video: Deadly Deception |
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The Institution(s) of Medicine V |
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The Institution(s) of Medicine VI
Video: The Search for Satan |
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The Institution(s) of Medicine VII |
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Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context I
Video: Simple Courage |
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Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context II |
Second paper due in the class |
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Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context III |
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Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context IV |
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Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context V |
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Stigmatized Conditions and the Construction of Illness |
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The Challenge of Chronic Illness |
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New Reproductive Technologies
Video: The Lynchburg Story |
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New Reproductive Technologies (cont.)
The Social and Political Context of Reproduction |
Third paper due in the class |
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The Social and Political Context of Reproduction (cont.) |
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Wrap-up: Students Present 5-minute Summaries of Third Papers |
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