Cultural Perspectives on Health, Lifestyle and Medicine

This course covers topics like the body, illness experiences, disability, ethics, and the new health economy from a cultural perspective. The course is grounded in current research in ethnology, medical anthropology, and cultural studies. You will discuss issues related to different cases, for example, the doctor-patient encounter, living with chronic illness, controversial biotechnological diagnoses and treatments,and discourses on risk and responsibility. Through lectures, seminars, and group exercises, you will gain a theoretical understanding of how identity, class, gender, ethnicity, and age affect medical treatments and lifestyle patterns. By the end of the course, you will have a deeper understanding of the cultural dimensions of illness and health. 

Course literature

The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.

Prerequisites

General requirements for university studies in Sweden

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to the following: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 34 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 34 %, number of previous ECTS at application deadline (up to 165): 32 %. If students have equal credentials, seats are allocated based on their results on The Swedish National University Aptitude Test. If this too is equal, seats are allocated based on a draw.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 14,375
First payment: SEK 14,375

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.