The Magic Bullet: Drugs in Modern America
SISP 123
Fall 2018 not offered
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Pharmaceuticals are a powerful presence in our daily lives. Turn on the TV for 15 minutes and you are likely to encounter numerous drug ads; scan the news headlines and you are sure to see reports on drug cost debates, latest miracle cures, or jarring tales of terrifying side effects. We look to drugs for everything from curing minor aches and pains to enhancing our personality. Are we hooked on the quick fix? What comes first--the drug or the condition that it is intended to treat? To begin to answer these questions, one first needs to understand something about the dynamic processes through which drugs are developed, manufactured, and marketed. These are the kinds of issues that will come up in the course, as exemplary of the questions that scholars in the social studies of medicine bring to their inquiries. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SISP |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Reading packet of articles from science studies journals and book chapters.
Some examples include:
Adele Clarke et al, BIOMEDICALIZATION: TECHNOSCIENTIFIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND U.S. BIOMEDICINE
Karen Rader, A NEW DEAL FOR MICE: BIOMEDICINE AS BIG SCIENCE
Adriana Petryna, GLOBALIZING HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH
Jill Fisher, MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR HIRE (selections)
Steven Epstein, ACTIVISM, DRUG REGULATION AND THE POLITICS OF THERAPEUTIC EVALUATION IN THE AIDS ERA
Jonathan Kahn, EXPLOITING RACE IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT: BIDIL'S INTERIM MODEL OF PHARMACOGENOMICS
Meika Loe, THE RISE OF VIAGRA (selections)
Jeremy Greene, PRESCRIBING BY NUMBERS: DRUGS AND THE DEFINITION OF DISEASE (selections)
Carl Elliott, PURSUED BY HAPPINESS AND BEATEN SENSELESS: PROZAC AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short essays, and two longer papers (with opportunities for revision) |
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