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Subject: | Health Science |
Title: | HSCI-164 Health and Healing Systems: Cross- Cultural Perspectives - (SC) - 3 Units |
Instructor: | Hammar, K |
Recom: Eligibility for ENGL 122 or equivalent | |
Note: Online course. Also meets on Mon., 1/14, from 5-6:50pm on campus in L 141, for optional meetings. Go to www.dvc.edu/online for course access information. |
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| Catalog Course Description | ||
| HSCI-164 Health and Healing Systems: Cross- Cultural Perspectives | ||
| 3 - 3 Units | SC | NR |
| Credit - Degree Applicable | ||
| Variable Hours | ||
| Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 122 or equivalent | ||
| Note: Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for Nurses | ||
| This course examines health, disease, healing and medicine from an interdisciplinary perspective. Concepts and philosophies from traditional cultural healing systems and contemporary Western medicine will be examined from psychological, sociological, biological, historical and cultural perspectives. Topics covered include the history of Western medical thought, principles of indigenous healing systems, the role of gender in healing, the effects of personality and emotions on health and disease, and integrative medicine. CSU, UC | ||
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