PH 120 Film and Public Health
This course critically explores public health issues as they are portrayed in popular films and discusses the scientific, social, ethical and political implications of the issues portrayed in these movies. Topics that will be covered include environmental health and infectious disease issues, disease outbreaks, occupational and environmental poisonings and toxicity, epidemics as well as disease clusters and issues of aging. The health issue portrayed in the feature will be covered in class in order to allow students to evaluate the medical accuracy as it is presented in the movie. To facilitate an analytic perspective on the public health issues and their cinematic presentation, students will be provided with an outline of questions to consider regarding the film and the issues that were raised.
Prerequisite
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