Nov 14, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21

IHS 3600 - Interpretations of Health and Medicine Through Literature


Perspectives and perceptions of illness, healing, caregiving, and medicine as exhibited in both classical and current literature are presented and analyzed.

Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 2HL
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • The student will be able to identify more than one perspective of health and medicine across time through the use of literature or other sources.
  • The student will be able to compare and contrast multiple perspectives of health and medicine across both social and cultural settings.
  • The student will be able to cite specific examples of literature or other sources that reflect knowledge or feelings of various diseases, illnesses or disabilities.
  • The student will be able to compare and contrast the differences in the perspectives of patients and healthcare providers in various health and medical situations.


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