Introduction to Health Humanities

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Course Title

Introduction to Health Humanities

Course Description

This course is an introduction to Health Humanities, a new interdisciplinary field of study that explores human health and illness through the creative arts and humanities. Using a range of materials drawn from humanistic disciplines (including literature, film, visual and performing arts), this course will provide you with the tools needed to critically explore person-centred stories of health, illness, and disability.

Course Level

Undergraduate (BA, BS)

Instructor Name

Andrea Charise

Course Topics

Activism
Aging/Ageism
Bioethics/Narrative Ethics
Black Health
Body/Embodiment
Death and Dying/End-of-Life/Hospice
Disability/Ableism
Disease/Illness
Graphic Medicine
Health Professions Education
HIV/AIDS
Illness Experience/Patient Narratives
Literature/Poetry/Creative Writing
Long-term care/Institutionalized care
Medicalization
Mental Health
Pain/Suffering
Patient-provider relations
Performing arts (theater, music, dance, puppetry)
Politics of Health/Public policy
Prejudice/ Discrimination/Bias/Stigma/Stereotyping
Race/Ethnicity/Racism/Antiracism
Science/Speculative Fiction
Social determinants of health

Disciplinary Perspectives

Ageing Studies
Disability Studies
Ethics/Bioethics
Health Professions
History
Literature/Literary Studies
Music and Musicology
Performance studies
Public Health
Science and Technology Studies
Visual and Dramatic Arts
Women/Gender Studies

Geographic Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Instructional Modality

face-to-face

Institutional Location

University of Toronto Scarborough

Title

Introduction to Health Humanities