Introduction to Global Medicine: Bioscience, Technologies, Disparities, Strategies
HST.934J · Health Sciences and Technology, Science, Technology, and Society · Graduate · Spring 2010
Prof. Michael M.J. Fischer, Prof. Byron Good, Prof. Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Prof. David Jones
This class provides a space for medical students and MD/PhD students, as well as HASTS (History, Anthropology, Science, Technology, and Society) PhD students to discuss social and ethical issues in the biosciences and biotechnologies as they are being developed. Discussions are with course faculty and with leading figures in developing technologies such as George Daley or George Church in stem cell or genomics research, Bruce Walker or Pardis Sabeti in setting up laboratories in Africa, Paul Fa…
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Prof. Michael M.J. Fischer, Prof. Byron Good, Prof. Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Prof. David Jones. HST.934J Introduction to Global Medicine: Bioscience, Technologies, Disparities, Strategies. Spring 2010. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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