Course

Course 7.5 credits • SASH61

The course examines questions of health, lifestyle and medicine from cultural analytical and ethnographic perspectives. The course approaches different urgent societal issues relating to illness, diagnosis and wellbeing in contemporary and historical societies. These issues are discussed in relation to different cases: the meeting between doctor and patient, living with chronic disease, controversial biotechnological diagnoses and treatments, discourses on risk and responsibility, etc.

Teaching – spring semester of 2022

From 9 February, more teaching will be conducted on campus. During the gradual return to campus, some digital teaching will continue. Hence, it is very important that you pay attention to information from your teacher and potential changes in your schedule in Canvas and/or TimeEdit.

Study period: spring semester 2022
Type of studies: part time, 33 %, day
Study period: 2022-03-04 – 2022-05-20
Language of instruction: English
Eligibility: General requirements for university studies in Sweden

Application code: LU-E3000

Application code: LU-70501

Introductory meeting: Friday, 4 March at 9.15 – 12.00

Teachers: Emma Eleonorasdotter, Rachel Irwin, Lars-Eric Jönsson, Max Liljefors, Talieh Mirsalehi

First Admission Round
Internationell ansökan
Spring semester 2026

Last application date

15
August 2025
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