HIST 30626 - Medicine and Public Health in American History, Fall 2007

Medicine and Public Health in American History offers an introduction to differing conceptions of disease, health, and healing throughout American history, the changing role and image of medicine and medical professionals in American life, and the changing social and cultural meanings and entanglements of medical science and practice throughout American history. Professor Chris Hamlin, Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

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Medicine and Public Health in American History

Professor Chris Hamlin, Ph.D.

Department of History
University of Notre Dame

Course Structure:
75 minute classes - two times a week

Image courtesy of Library of Congress.

Course Description

This course offers an introduction to differing conceptions of disease, health, and healing throughout American history, the changing role and image of medicine and medical professionals in American life, and the changing social and cultural meanings and entanglements of medical science and practice throughout American history.

Citation: Hamlin, C., administrator. (2007, September 10). Medicine and Public Health in American History. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/history/medicine-and-public-health-in-american-history.
2007, by the Contributing Authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License