Section: Taught Masters Programmes
MSc in the Anthropology of Health & Illness
This programme offers students the opportunity to examine anthropological understandings of health, illness, and medicine from a global perspective. You will receive specialised training in medical anthropology in an atmosphere of intellectual vibrancy drawn directly from the dialogue between the medical and social sciences.
How are encounters between patients and professional healers negotiated in varied cultural settings? Why is political, economic and historical analysis relevant to an understanding of the body? What are the health-related effects of globalisation? This programme invites participants to engage with contemporary debates about old ills and emerging diseases, and explore both traditional forms of healing and modern medical technologies. On graduation, you will be equipped with the conceptual and methodological skills necessary to engage with the broader debates and dilemmas of contemporary global practice in medical anthropology.
This programme will to enable you to:
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