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Edinburgh, University of, MSc, Anthropology of Health and Illness

 United Kingdom

 

Study mode Start date Duration
Full-time n/a months: 12
Part-time n/a months: 24
This course is intended to provide students with the tools to develop an advanced understanding of health, illness and medicine in different social and cultural settings; it aims to: Expose students to the key debates in contemporary medical anthropological practice; provide practitioners with tools for understanding health and healing through social theory; offer training in anthropological research methods for health-related settings; provide students with an understanding of the possibilities and limits of medical anthropology within broader debates about global health.

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