Health and Healing in America

On Wed, March 27 we will discuss what replaced the 19th century doctor’s “box of blanks” by the mid-20th century. Please read and prepare to discuss Burnham Health Care in America, chapters 8 and 14.

Response #3 is due, deadline extended to midnight.

On Mon, April 1, bring your Disease Project posters to class and prepare to share and discuss your findings with your classmates.

This website serves as the hub for Tona Hangen’s history course, “Health and Healing in America,” for the Spring 2019 semester at Worcester State University. This course meets Mon/Wed at 12:30 in Sullivan 108.

The three required textbooks for this course are listed under the “Readings” tab above. In addition, each student will receive a (free) course reader.

From this website, you can download the syllabus or access it online, stay up to date with course news and any changes, see the guidelines for the course papers and projects, and follow links to recommended history and writing resources.

This site is a blog, meaning it updates frequently and therefore you should bookmark it to stay up to date with all the course news and updates. I leave up the previous semesters’ information as an archive for my past students. You can safely ignore any post tagged “Spr17” or earlier.

If you have questions about the course before we meet in person on January 23rd, please feel free to email me, at thangen (at) worcester.edu