Name: Beyond Biomedical: Critical Theory and Social Science by Harvard University in ThinkResearch
Duration: 30 min 55 s
Description: Gene Richardson, MD, PhD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses how his background in anthropology, philosophy, Buddhism, and medicine led him to a deeper understanding of public health challenges – including inequality -- throughout the world.

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Gene Richardson, MD, PhD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses how his background in anthropology, philosophy, Buddhism, and medicine led him to a deeper understanding of public health challenges – including inequality -- throughout the world.

Beyond Biomedical: Critical Theory and Social Science

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Beyond Biomedical: Critical Theory and Social Science

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