HI 480 Historical Issues in American Healthcare
This course explores the evolution and change over time of the field of health care in America. Through using historical methods of analysis, students will confront numerous social and political issues regarding American healthcare from the colonial period to the present day. Topics include: the public response to the outbreak of disease from smallpox to influenza and polio; the role of gender in health care from midwifery and the birth of babies to the nursing profession in the Civil War; issues of class in professionalizing the medical field and creating the conditions for corporate pharmaceutical companies; issues of race and medicine from slavery through the civil rights movement; the development of public health agencies and health care issues related to sexuality and politics; and an evaluation of the role of government programs including Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Offered
As Needed; Online Only