2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook

HIST 240 American Medicine & Public Health

Offers an introduction to the history of medicine and public health in the United States from the Colonial period to the present. The course focuses on differing conceptions of disease, health, and healing throughout American history, the changing role of medicine and medical professionals in American life, and the development of health care policies on local and federal levels.

Credits

3

Distribution

Historical Perspectives, Civilization & Culture