INMD7305

Rita Charon has famously quipped that good readers make good doctors. Reading the Social Determinants uses literature to explore the complex relationship between the Social Determinants of Health, diagnosis, and the practice of medicine. This course uses techniques from narrative medicine, literary studies, and the history of medicine to supplement and extend your medical expertise, giving you the chance to practice diagnostic skills and, more importantly, to query the relationship between the clinic and the world that informs it. We will explore the way that literature forces us to discuss and to recognize the social components of health care affect an individual's context and how that environment contributes to experiences of health, illness, wellness, and relationships to medicine.

Every Fall