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439 Social Meanings Of Illness, Suffering And Healing (3) The course explores the human experience of illness and healing and its intersection with cultural values and institutional arrangements. Various meanings that are associated with the experience of being sick and caring for the sick are examined, especially in terms of economic, cultural, and racial factors. The struggle to make sense out of suffering and the harshness of disease is examined, as is the possibility for growth, transformation, and healing that are contained in the illness experience. Offered: Summer
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