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Course instructional materials for EXP0050J Justice is the Best Medicine: Reimagining Healthcare and the Medical Industrial Complex first year seminar, Katherine Wang, Fall 2021. This syllabus includes weekly topics, assignments, and an overview of class activities. The class content is organized into four subtopics, which were referenced from Mia Mingus's graphic on the medical-industrial complex. ... read moreThe sources, which are all freely-available, include readings, video links, and resources which can be used in class. A document of permanent links to sources listed in the syllabus is also included.
Course description: Medicine, healthcare, and biomedical research have one paradox in common: they aim to heal, but they are embedded within systems of harm (termed the medical industrial complex) How can we begin to understand the products of racism, bio-colonialism, and ableism? What do movements for reform and abolition mean in the context of these systems? This course seeks to be an accessible exploration of these questions and how everyday actions encourage large-scale social change.
Recipient of a Fall 2021 Tisch Library Open Educational Resources Award.read less
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