The handouts below supplement the class lecture notes and provide questions to guide students' readings.
Study materials files.
| lec # |
topics |
questions |
| 2 |
Introduction to Basic Issues |
Fadiman, pp. 3-105 (PDF) |
| 3 |
"Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and Treatment |
Fadiman, pp. 106-288 (PDF) |
| 5 |
Symbolic Healing and Harming |
Brown, Ong, Good, et al., Miner (PDF) |
| 7 |
Theoretical Frames |
Hahn, pp. 76-98, and Scheper-Hughes, and Lock (PDF) |
| 8 |
Meaning, Medicine, and Illness |
Obeyesekere, Osherson, and AmaraSingham, and Lock (PDF) |
| 9 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine I |
Hahn, pp. 131-172 (PDF)
Luhrmann, pp. 3-83 (PDF) |
| 10 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine II
Video: Back from Madness |
Hahn, pp. 173-208 (PDF) |
| 11 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine III |
D. P. Gordon (PDF)
Luhrmann, pp. 84-293 (PDF) |
| 14 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine VI
Video: The Search for Satan |
Dumit (PDF)
The Search for Satan (PDF) |
| 15 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine VII |
Rosenhan, Hahn, Katz, and Pringle (PDF) |
| 16 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context I
Video: Simple Courage |
Waxler, Payer, and Lock (PDF) |
| 17 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context II |
Farquhar, and Scheper-Hughes (PDF)
Kleinman, pp. 56-267 (PDF) |
| 18 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context III |
Farmer, pp. 1-93 (PDF) |
| 19 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context IV |
Farmer, pp. 94-183 (PDF) |
| 20 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context V |
Farmer, pp. 184-261 (PDF) |
| 21 |
Stigmatized Conditions and the Construction of Illness |
Kleinman, pp. 56-267 (PDF) |
| 23 |
New Reproductive Technologies
Video: The Lynchburg Story |
Cussins, and Rapp (PDF) |
| 24 |
New Reproductive Technologies (cont.)
The Social and Political Context of Reproduction |
Scheper-Hughes (PDF)
Taylor (PDF) |
Guides for Writing Papers
Obesity as an Example (PDF)
Obesity as an Example II (PDF)
Sweeping Assertions (PDF)
Some Rules of Thumb for Writing Papers (PDF) (Courtesy of Joshua Cohen. Used with permission.)