ant3chh culture, health and healing
CULTURE, HEALTH AND HEALING
ANT3CHH
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Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject we offer an anthropological perspective on health, illness and healing. Students explore the ways in which culture shapes how we experience and understand states of health and illness and the diversity of approaches to diagnosis and healing. Medical anthropology is one of the largest sub disciplines of applied anthropology and students will explore its historical underpinnings, its contributions to theory and research methodology both within anthropology and other health disciplines more broadly. Students will also be offered opportunities to learn about medical anthropology in practice including how it contributes to interdisciplinary team work and community partnerships as applied to health and development, health promotion and public health, Aboriginal health and cultural diversity in the clinic.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorJohn Taylor
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects ANT2CHH
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Apply anthropological theory to assess diverse social and cultural issues relating to sickness and health
- Activities:
- Long essay
02. Carry out sustained research and develop coherent arguments on a relevant topic in Anthropology
- Activities:
- Research for long essay
03. Develop a sustained, complex written argument in Anthropology
- Activities:
- Short and long essays
04. Evaluate ethical and cultural considerations to issues in medical Anthropology
- Activities:
- Essays, in-class test and lecture/tutorial discussions
05. Identify and critique a range of key issues in contemporary medical anthropology
- Activities:
- In-class test
06. Write a critical review that appraises the role of anthropology in understanding and intervening in issues concerning sickness and health across cultures, and in the area of public health more specifically
- Activities:
- Short essay
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