Medical anthropologists are interested in the relationship between biology, disease, and culture.
In this course we will ask those questions by exploring the experiences of HIV-positive patients and the people who care for them. For a class project, you will interview an AIDS care provider in the Chicago area. What you will read and learn will challenge your ideas about what it is to be HIV positive and give you ideas about how you can make a difference in the future of the AIDS epidemic. A Prostitute Community's Response to AIDS in Urban Senegal. Sontag, Susan 1989 AIDS and its Metaphors.