COURSE MATERIALS
- Lecture: 4.1 Experiencing Illness
- Lecture: 4.2 Illness Narratives
- PDF: Werner – “Illness stories on self and shame in women with chronic pain“
- Blog: Fibromyalgia + The Type “A” personality
- Clip: A Day Living with Diabetes
- Blog: A Dad’s Story of Male Post-Partum Depression
- Film: Placebo: Cracking the Code (1 hour)
- Film: Choose an episode of True Life that deals with a mental illness, physical illness/injury or other medical condition to discuss in the activity blog for this week:
- Unfortunately, True Life is no longer available for free. The link above directs you to Amazon, where the Standard Definition (SD) versions of episodes are $1.99 to purchase. But Amazon defaults the view to the High Definition (HD) version, for $2.99 an episode. To access the SD version, click on “More Purchase Options” under the “Buy HD $2.99” button for the desired episode.
ASSIGNMENTS
- Reflection Post: W4 Reflection Prompt – due 7/29 @ 11:59PM EST.
- Activity Post: W4 Activity Prompt – due 7/29 @ 11:59PM EST.
- Comments: Due 7/31 @ 11:59PM EST.
- Final Project: Work on the “Experiential Approach” section of your final project.