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Medical Anthropology

Medical anthropology is an introductory course in medical anthropology. It focuses on how disease, suffering and healing are formed in a complex interaction between biological, psychological, social, political-economic and environmental processes.

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  • Schedule

    The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.

  • Course literature

    Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

    Garcia, A. 2024. The way that leads among the lost. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux

    Livingstone, J. 2012. Improvising Medicine. Duke University Press

    Stonington, S. 2020. The spirit ambulance. UC Press

    Lemos Dekker, N. 2021. “Anticipating an Unwanted Future: Euthanasia and Dementia in the Netherlands.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27 (4): 815–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.13429. 

    Petryna, A. 2004. “Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations.” Osiris 19:250–65. 

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