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
- License:
-
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Audio, Downloadable docs, Video
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