SEL 238 - Literature and Medicine (English)

3 Credit(s)

This course explores the complex relationship between literature and medicine, focusing on the role narrative plays in our understanding of illness, healing, and death. Some areas of inquiry include: uncertainty in clinical practice; the interactions among biomedicine, culture, and society; how gender, race, and class relate to illness; and the role medicine should play when it cannot save our lives. This course is suitable for students interested in literature, healthcare, or the intersection of the two fields.

 Credits: 3.

 When Offered: Spring semester.

 Liberal Arts Curriculum: Satisfies the Diversity, Equity and Social Justice requirement.