EMREAS 20: Why is There No Cure for Health Care?

Jump to Today

 

The course syllabus is here: EMR 20 Syllabus Fall 2018.pdf.

Lecture notes are in the Class Notes section.  

The term paper will be due Friday, December 14, at noon.

Interested in this course? Hear Professor Cutler describe EMR20 here!

 

Final Review Office Hours

Sections: 

Wednesday 3:00pm-4:15pm – Sever 303 (S01 - TF Saumya)

Wednesday 3:00pm-4:15pm – Sever 306 (S02 - TF Maryaline)

Wednesday 4:30pm-5:45pm – Sever 303 (S03 - TF Saumya)

Wednesday 4:30pm-5:45pm – Sever 306 (S04 - TF Maryaline)

Thursday 9:00am-10:15am – Lowell B13 (S05 – TF Amanda)

Thursday 10:30am-11:45am – Lowell B13 (S06 – TF Amanda)

Thursday 12:00pm-1:15pm – Sever 209 (S07 – TF Caroline)

Thursday 3:00pm-4:15pm – Sever 101 (S08 - TF Rebecca)

Friday 9:00am-10:15am – Sever 105 (S09 – TF Julia)

Friday 10:30am-11:45am – Sever 105 (S10 – TF Julia)

 

Please let your section TF know if you have any questions!

 

Why Is There No Cure for Health Care?

Around the world, billions of dollars are spent on health care treatments, public health initiatives, and pharmaceutical research and development. So why are we still not able to prevent preventable diseases, provide affordable healthcare for millions of people, and deliver cures for curable diseases? And what are the best ways to address these issues?

Because these questions are so large, we will focus our discussion around questions like: What steps should be taken to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic? How should prescription drugs be produced and sold? How should the United States reform its health care system?

We will explore how social scientists address empirical questions, the types of data that are available, how those data are analyzed, and the confidence with which causal statements are made.  By the end of the course, you will be able to dissect a large question – such as how to reform American healthcare – into its technological, social, economic, and moral components, and weigh potential solutions according to these guiding vectors.

Course Summary:

Date Details Due
Public Domain This course content is offered under a Public Domain license. Content in this course can be considered under this license unless otherwise noted.