Examine literature about illness, healing, health, and health care. Explore the overlapping fields of literature and medicine and the health or medical humanities, with some attention also paid to disability studies. Consider the role that literature and the humanities can play in the education of health professionals. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 324 (Topic: Literature and Medicine) and 324L may not both be counted. Prerequisite: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.