Prerequisites: ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or ANTH 001W or consent of instructor
Description: Examines how cancer has been perceived and described by biomedical and public health practitioners, anthropologists, and social scientists. Interdisciplinary approach focuses on the historical, political, and cultural dimensions that inform our 99 / Programs and Courses 99 / Programs and Courses understanding of cancer in particular and disease in general. Includes illness narratives, risk, epidemiology, and unequal disease distribution and treatment.