Module: Anthropology Health and Illness

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Anthropology Health and Illness
Module Code	NS272A
School	38
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Sabina Stan Semester 2: Sabina Stan Autumn: Sabina Stan
Module Teachers	Sabina Stan Tanya Cassidy
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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Description

The module aims to introduce students to basic concepts and themes in the anthropology of health and illness. It covers issues related to culture; bodies and commodification; food and globalisation; the expression of pain and distress; explaining and narrating illness; healthcare pluralism; the popular, folk, and professional biomedical healthcare sectors in the context of global care chains, self-medication, professionalisation, managerialism and patient mobility. By using illustrations from ground-level studies of day-to-day experiences of health, illness and healthcare in both western and non-western societies, the module will provide students with new perspectives on the ways in which human suffering is grounded in larger cultural and social contexts.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the relevance of anthropology to the understanding of health and illness
2. Understand the major concepts and theoretical approaches in the anthropology of health and illness
3. Explore the influence of cultural and social contexts on the body, food, pain, distress, illness and care
4. Explore the ways in which globalisation and the commodification of new areas of social life have impacted the manners in which we engage with the body, food, pain, distress, illness and care

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	51	No Description
Fieldwork	50	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Cultural boundaries and cultural encounters

The body in culture

Expressing suffering

Narrating and explaining illness

Healthcare pluralism

The popular healthcare sector

The folk healthcare sector

The professional biomedical sector

Patient mobility and biomedicines

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	60%	Examination Weight	40%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Helman, C.G.: 2007, Culture, Health and Illness,, Arnold, London,
Moore, Ronnie and McClean, Stuart (eds): 2010, Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland. Stethoscopes, Wands and Crystals, Berghahn, London,

Other Resources

None

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