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Lecture notes files.
| Lec # |
topics |
| 1 |
Introduction to Course (PDF) |
| 2 |
Introduction to Basic Issues (PDF) |
| 3 |
"Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and Treatment (PDF) |
| 4 |
"Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and Treatment (cont.) (PDF) |
| 5 |
Symbolic Healing and Harming (PDF) |
| 6 |
The Cultural Construction of Disease (PDF) |
| 8 |
Meaning, Medicine, and Illness (PDF) |
| 9 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine I (PDF) |
| 11 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine III (PDF) |
| 13 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine V (PDF) |
| 15 |
The Institution(s) of Medicine VII (PDF) |
| 17 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context II (PDF) |
| 18 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context III (PDF) |
| 19 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context IV (PDF) |
| 20 |
Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context V (PDF) |
| 21 |
Stigmatized Conditions and the Construction of Illness (PDF) |
| 22 |
The Challenge of Chronic Illness (PDF) |
| 24 |
New Reproductive Technologies (PDF)
The Social and Political Context of Reproduction |