Medical Humanities in Asia: Medicine, Society and Culture

Jun 21, 2017 | 9:00 AM - Jun 27, 2017 | 5:00 PM

A training program held at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Co-organized by the Harvard-Yenching Institute; the Health and Family Planning Commission of Shenzhen Municipality Medical Anthropology Program; Departments of Anthropology and Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University

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