MEHL 6801 Disease, Disparities, and Justice 1

Credits:

.5

Directors:
Crutchfield
Grading:
Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail
Prerequisites:
None
Offered:
Term 1
Description:

The practice of medicine is supposed to be the practice of preventing and treating disease. But whether a condition counts as a disease depends on some set of factors related to evolution, function, well-being, and social attitudes, among others. This course will survey the most common theories of disease and integrate these theories into the contemporary practice of medicine.