GWS 309 - HEALTH, HISTORY, AND HUMAN DIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

Health care reform is often in the news, and everyone has an opinion on why the system is broken, how to fix it, who should have access to good medical care, under what circumstances, and what constitutes ‘good care.’ This online, multi-format course will consider what it has meant to be a good patient or a good doctor at various points in U.S. history, who was included or excluded in each group, how medicine became professionalized, and how people have organized around health issues. Students will engage with primary sources, watch related films, interact with the professor during virtual ‘office hours,’ and participate in online moderated discussions.

Meets UK Core: Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA. Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in Humanities.
Approved for Distance Learning.
Crosslisted with: CPH 309