Antibiotic capsules. (Image courtesy of sparky.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Cynthia Taft
MIT Course Number
21W.732-1
As Taught In
Spring 2007
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Description
Over the course of the semester we will explore the full range of writings by physicians and other health practitioners. Some of the writer/physicians that we encounter will be Atul Gawande, Danielle Ofri, Richard Selzer, and William Carlos Williams. Students need have no special training, only a general interest in medicine or in public health issues such as AIDS, asthma, malaria control, and obesity. The writing assignments, like the readings, will invite students to consider the distinctive needs of different audiences.