Description

Overview:

This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience of SARS and swine flu. Leading themes include: infectious disease and its impact on society; the development of public health measures; the role of medical ethics; the genre of plague literature; the social reactions of mass hysteria and violence; the rise of the germ theory of disease; the development of tropical medicine; a comparison of the social, cultural, and historical impact of major infectious diseases; and the issue of emerging and re-emerging diseases.

Subject:

Education

Level:

Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Lecture, Reading, Syllabus

Author:

Frank Snowden

Provider:

Yale University

Provider Set:

Open Yale Courses

Date Added:

06/16/2011