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Spring 2020
May 18, 2021 |
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| IDST 132 - MedHum: Medical Nonfiction |
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Course description: How is health reported? What non-fiction forms does medical writing take? How can health communication be unpacked and examined? Although medically-related issues are explored from a variety of perspectives—patients, family members of those who are ill, the public—this course will focus exclusively on non-fiction narratives and medical journalism. Taught by instructors with broad experience publishing in both academic and mass media outlets, the course will explore various narrative forms, such as print (long form essay, memoir), internet, and audiovisual media in order to better understand health reporting, physician and patient experiential writing, public health and policy topics, and illuminate the many ways in which medicine interfaces with society.
Selected Readings & Media:
Selected essays:
♣ Atul Gawande, Jerome Groopman, Danielle Ofri, Abraham Verghese, William Carlos Williams, Oliver Sacks
Excerpts from:
♣ Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air
♣ Chris Adrian The Children’s Hospital
TED Talks:
♣ Abraham Verghese
Atul Gawande
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Interdisciplinary Studies Department |
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