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Medical Anthropology Program The program is intended to train medical anthropologists, physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to (1) recognize and deal with, on both theoretical and practical levels, the complex relations between the biological, social, cultural, psychological, economic, and techno-environmental determinants and concomitants of sickness and health; and (2) analyze and evaluate how health resources are organized and delivered. The program emphasizes the need to understand issues of health and sickness cross-culturally--in the United States, other industrialized states, and less developed countries. Students are free to focus their research interests in either domestic or overseas settings. The Urban Health Concentration prepares students to conduct research and plan policy in urban health, in particular on the goal of eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. New and innovative approaches will be needed to eliminate the pervasive racial and ethnic disparities that now exist in health and health care, and the Urban Health Program at Case is in the forefront of this endeavor. The program considers the techniques and methods honed in non-Western contexts as relevant to urban U.S. contexts and vice versa. The Cross-Cultural Aging Specialization focuses on the processes of aging and the problems of the elderly throughout the world in both theoretical and applied perspectives. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the relationship between non-Western and Western experiences in terms of social, cultural, economic, political, and demographic concomitants. The International Health Specialization offers students training in international health research as well as evaluation of international health projects. The curriculum includes coursework in medical anthropology, epidemiology, and special topics in international health, including child survival, fertility and family planning, and nutritional intervention. Students are qualified to work in international health research, academic, or administrative positions in governmental or private agencies. The Psychological Anthropology Specialization is relevant for mental health professionals. It builds on psychological anthropology's classic interests in illness processes, healing, and psychopathology as well as the enduring problem of human nature and the question of what it means to be human, based on studies of emotion, thought, and behavior in socialization and the life course from birth to death. Joint Program in Anthropology and Public Health The Department of Anthropology together with Case School of Medicine have combined resources to better meet the growing demand among students for joint training in these respective areas. This new course of study leads to an MA/MPH or PhD/MPH, preparing students for professional careers in Anthropology and Public Health focusing on the study of health and society. Degree candidates are required to demonstrate mastery of the literature, theories, and methods appropriate to Western and non-Western gerontology, and are encouraged to gain research experience in both Western and non-Western settings. Graduates of this program are qualified to work in research or administrative positions in governmental and private agencies. Joint M.S. Nursing/M.A. Anthropology Program The Department of Anthropology and the School of Nursing have established a joint M.S.N./M.A. degree which will afford students a unique opportunity to combine the cross-cultural expertise of medical anthropology with clinical expertise in nursing. Joint Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy ProgramThe Program trains students to conduct research on a broad range of bio-cultural problems (with emphasis on the relationship between medicine, ecology, subsistence variables, population dynamics, and disease epidemiology) as well as to identify and analyze socio-cultural impediments to the successful introduction, effective functioning, and evaluation of programs of health care in both less developed countries and developed ones. The Center for Research on Tibet's goal is to conceptualize and conduct research on Tibetan history, society, language, ecology/physiology and culture so as to understand traditional Tibet and the manner in which it has changed. From the beginning, the Center has maintained a collaborative relationship with the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences (TASS) in Lhasa, and has undertaken a wide range of research projects on different aspects of present and past Tibet with the cooperation of TASS. Since 1988, the Center has hosted eight scholars from TASS for periods ranging from 6 months to one year. At present, the Center has expanded its "research" goal by adding a commitment to preserve and organize its unique corpus of primary data in a way that will make it readily available to students, scholars and Tibetans globally. Among the missions of the Department of Bioethics are (a) to provide local, regional, and national services to health professionals, policy makers, and the public; (b) to promote international bioethical dialogue through collaborations, training programs, and institutional partnerships and (c) to provide excellent education in bioethics to students and professionals in the School of Medicine and throughout the University.
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Cynthia Beall Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Atwood Gaines Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Melvyn Goldstein Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Lawrence Greksa Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Tenibac Harvey Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Charlotte Ikels Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Janis Jenkins Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Jill Korbin Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Janet McGrath Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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Jim Shaffer Citations in the LexisNexis Database Significant
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