该计划从跨文化的角度研究健康，疾病和康复。该课程专注于对全球化世界中健康，疾病和医学的理解，使您可以参与有关旧病和新出现疾病的当代辩论，并探索传统的治疗形式和现代医学技术。您将从医学和社会科学的角度研究当前医学人类学中的关键问题，并解决相关问题，例如在各种文化背景下协商患者与专业治疗师之间的相遇方式，政治，经济和社会发展的重要性历史分析，以了解人体以及全球化对健康的影响。这项针对不同学科的课程旨在满足各种学生的需求，将补充您的人类学或健康科学背景
This programme studies health, illness and healing from a cross-cultural perspective.<br><br>With a focus on the understanding of health, illness and medicine in a globalised world, this programme allows you to engage with contemporary debates about old ills and emerging diseases. You will explore both traditional forms of healing and modern medical technologies.<br><br>You will examine key questions in current medical anthropology from the perspective of both medical and social sciences, and address relevant issues, such as:<br><br>the way encounters between patients and professional healers are negotiated in varied cultural settings<br>the importance of political, economic and historical analysis to an understanding of the body<br>the health-related effects of globalisation