HSOC 058 What is Cancer? Disease, Society, History (Freshman Seminar)
Offered:Spring 2008
Aronowitz R 1:30-4:30
Freshman Seminar
What is cancer? What causes cancer? What do its high prevalence and devastating effects tell us about ourselves and our society? What can we do about it? Laboratory researchers, epidemiologists, public health officials, medical specialists, environmental activists, and cancer patients have offered different and incomplete answers to such questions. Students will learn about these different perspectives by analyzing historical documents and scholarship from different disciplines and professions, meeting with health professionals and others, and doing writing and research assignments.
