STS 2561

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STS 2561
Medicine and Healing in China

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of "scholar physicians," and of "traditional Chinese medicine" in modern China.  Inquires into the development of healing practices in relation to both popular and specialist views of the body and disease; health care as organized by individuals, families, communities, and states; the transmission of medical knowledge; and healer-patient relations. Course readings include primary texts in translation as well as secondary materials. 

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GHB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)

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Syllabi:

  • 16630 STS 2561   LEC 001

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