Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

HUM456 - O - Narrative and Medicine

Full

Credits

3.0

Term

Sep 2 - Dec 12

Open Seats

0 of 25

Schedule

Course Type

Lecture

Location

Online

Section

O

Faculty

Prerequisites

LIB.112 (Required, Previous)

Description

This course surveys various literary works to explore the historical and cultural factors affecting both the development of narratives about and popular understandings of medicine and illness. Students consider how clinical practice is represented in narratives; how different forms of storytelling reflect attitudes toward illness; and how medical narratives can function as powerful vehicles for social critique. September 16 2016 1:02 PM M0270006