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Study Materials

The handouts below supplement the class lecture notes and provide questions to guide students' readings.


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2Introduction to Basic IssuesFadiman, pp. 3-105 (PDF)
3"Irrational Beliefs" in Disease Causation and TreatmentFadiman, pp. 106-288 (PDF)
5Symbolic Healing and HarmingBrown, Ong, Good, et al., Miner (PDF)
7Theoretical FramesHahn, pp. 76-98, and Scheper-Hughes, and Lock (PDF)
8Meaning, Medicine, and IllnessObeyesekere, Osherson, and AmaraSingham, and Lock (PDF)
9The Institution(s) of Medicine IHahn, pp. 131-172 (PDF)

Luhrmann, pp. 3-83 (PDF)
10The Institution(s) of Medicine II

Video: Back from Madness
Hahn, pp. 173-208 (PDF)
11The Institution(s) of Medicine IIID. P. Gordon (PDF)

Luhrmann, pp. 84-293 (PDF)
14The Institution(s) of Medicine VI

Video: The Search for Satan
Dumit (PDF)

The Search for Satan (PDF)
15The Institution(s) of Medicine VIIRosenhan, Hahn, Katz, and Pringle (PDF)
16Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context I

Video: Simple Courage
Waxler, Payer, and Lock (PDF)
17Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context IIFarquhar, and Scheper-Hughes (PDF)

Kleinman, pp. 56-267 (PDF)
18Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context IIIFarmer, pp. 1-93 (PDF)
19Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context IVFarmer, pp. 94-183 (PDF)
20Health, Disease and Healing in the Larger Social Context VFarmer, pp. 184-261 (PDF)
21Stigmatized Conditions and the Construction of IllnessKleinman, pp. 56-267 (PDF)
23New Reproductive Technologies

Video: The Lynchburg Story
Cussins, and Rapp (PDF)
24New Reproductive Technologies (cont.)

The Social and Political Context of Reproduction
Scheper-Hughes (PDF)

Taylor (PDF)



Guides for Writing Papers


Obesity as an Example (PDF)

Obesity as an Example II (PDF)

Sweeping Assertions (PDF)

Some Rules of Thumb for Writing Papers (PDF) (Courtesy of Joshua Cohen. Used with permission.)


 








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