The tension between biomedical innovation and social inequality is growing by the year.

  • Social medicine means understanding the social forces that shape health — and delivering care that attends to those forces. From course director Linda Joule, a proseminar introducing clinicians to the history, meaning, and practice of social medicine.

  • Arthur Kleinman, Corina Kramer, Teressa Baldwin, David Jones, Linda Joule, Salmaan Keshavjee, Katie Martin, Savannah Jones, Susan Tessier, Phil Two Eagle.

  • Fall 2026