Question 1

In Tibet,there are about 200 traditional healers known as amchi who provide health care,all of which is based on

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A)  the elimination of body and spirit as part of individual wellness. 
B)  the complete separation of body and spirit in the individual. 
C)  achieving balance between body and spirit in the individual. 
D)  the complete integration of body and spirit in the individual. 
A)  the elimination of body and spirit as part of individual wellness. 
B)  the complete separation of body and spirit in the individual. 
C)  achieving balance between body and spirit in the individual. 
D)  the complete integration of body and spirit in the individual.

Question 2

The individual patient's experience of sickness is

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A)  universally defined. 
B)  defined by a doctor. 
C)  a matter of personal interpretation. 
D)  culturally defined. 
A)  universally defined. 
B)  defined by a doctor. 
C)  a matter of personal interpretation. 
D)  culturally defined.

Question 3

Illness narratives

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A)  are based on a physician's assessment of an illness. 
B)  are based on the personal stories that people tell of their illness. 
C)  are ethnographic studies of disease and illness. 
D)  are based on narratives provided by anthropologists to physicians. 
A)  are based on a physician's assessment of an illness. 
B)  are based on the personal stories that people tell of their illness. 
C)  are ethnographic studies of disease and illness. 
D)  are based on narratives provided by anthropologists to physicians.

Question 4

What is biomedicine,and how do the practitioners view and treat diseases? Discuss two criticisms that anthropologists have about the European biases in the model relative to ethnocentric views about non-Western populations.

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Students should define biomedicine as ba

Question 5

The example of Lia Lee and the tragic ending to her story demonstrates that health is a matter of

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A)  careful application of the western approach to medical care to ensure success. 
B)  both the physical and social body. 
C)  ensuring that both patient and doctor speak the same language. 
D)  placing anthropologists into U.S.medical facilities to avoid such tragedies. 
A)  careful application of the western approach to medical care to ensure success. 
B)  both the physical and social body. 
C)  ensuring that both patient and doctor speak the same language. 
D)  placing anthropologists into U.S.medical facilities to avoid such tragedies.

Question 6

Since 1996,the rate of births by cesarean section (C-section)in the United States has

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A)  decreased dramatically as more mothers turn to alternative medical options. 
B)  increased dramatically,probably more as a result of cultural conceptions of childbirth and institutional pressure than medical necessity. 
C)  increased dramatically as the medical necessity for C-sections is proven by studies of other cultures. 
D)  fluctuated widely as trends in childbirth come in and out of cultural acceptance. 
A)  decreased dramatically as more mothers turn to alternative medical options. 
B)  increased dramatically,probably more as a result of cultural conceptions of childbirth and institutional pressure than medical necessity. 
C)  increased dramatically as the medical necessity for C-sections is proven by studies of other cultures. 
D)  fluctuated widely as trends in childbirth come in and out of cultural acceptance.

Question 7

Paul Farmer conducted his fieldwork in Haiti,one of the poorest countries in the world.This afforded a powerful opportunity to understand

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A)  the nature of inequality as it impacts health care. 
B)  the intersection of foreign aid programs and medical care in nonwestern cultures. 
C)  the nature of corruption in a nonwestern health care setting. 
D)  the failings of cultural anthropologists to better document their experiences with illness in nonwestern cultures. 
A)  the nature of inequality as it impacts health care. 
B)  the intersection of foreign aid programs and medical care in nonwestern cultures. 
C)  the nature of corruption in a nonwestern health care setting. 
D)  the failings of cultural anthropologists to better document their experiences with illness in nonwestern cultures.

Question 8

According to the text,Mayan women of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula typically gave birth in a hammock,during which time

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A)  doctors and nurses carefully monitored the progress. 
B)  midwives monitored the progress. 
C)  family life continued as it usually did. 
D)  midwives and other women ensured that family members were not present to disturb the mother. 
A)  doctors and nurses carefully monitored the progress. 
B)  midwives monitored the progress. 
C)  family life continued as it usually did. 
D)  midwives and other women ensured that family members were not present to disturb the mother.

Question 9

Biomedicine is defined as

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A)  the intersection of multiple cultural approaches to healing. 
B)  a practice that seeks to apply the principles of the natural sciences. 
C)  the documentation and description of the local use of natural substances in healing remedies and practices. 
D)  the comparative study of local systems of health and healing. 
A)  the intersection of multiple cultural approaches to healing. 
B)  a practice that seeks to apply the principles of the natural sciences. 
C)  the documentation and description of the local use of natural substances in healing remedies and practices. 
D)  the comparative study of local systems of health and healing.

Question 10

What did Anne Fadiman's research among Hmong refugees in California contribute to anthropological knowledge of the conflicts that can arise between Western and non-Western approaches to health care and treatment? Summarize Lia Lee's health condition,including how her parents' understanding of qaug dab peg differed from physicians' understanding of her condition.What were the experiences of this child and her family as a result of cross-cultural misunderstandings?

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Students should discuss that whereas qau

Question 11

Discuss how "traditional" Chinese medicine (TCM)has "gone global." What are two underlying beliefs that shape this approach to health care despite the range of areas where TCM is practiced? What is qi,and what does this type of treatment attempt to achieve? Distinguish between three different forms of treatment within TCM.How and when did Chinese medical practices become more widespread in North America and Europe,and which are most common in California?

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Students should discuss that Chinese med

Question 12

As discussed in the text,biomedical physicians diagnosed Lia Lee of Merced,California,as suffering from

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A)  quag dab peg. 
B)  soul loss. 
C)  a serious infection. 
D)  epilepsy. 
A)  quag dab peg. 
B)  soul loss. 
C)  a serious infection. 
D)  epilepsy.

Question 13

Medical anthropology takes a holistic approach to health,which includes meaning,power,and

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A)  ethnopharmacology. 
B)  ethnomedicine. 
C)  epidemiology. 
D)  local knowledge. 
A)  ethnopharmacology. 
B)  ethnomedicine. 
C)  epidemiology. 
D)  local knowledge.

Question 14

Paul Farmer found rural Haitian residents experiencing vey high rates of malnutrition,dysentery,tuberculosis,and HIV/AIDS.Many of these residents were water refugees due to the construction of a hydroelectric dam and the resultant flooding.This problem underlines the difficulty of providing adequate health care in the face of

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A)  globalization. 
B)  socioeconomic inequality. 
C)  a highly corrupt government. 
D)  rural development projects. 
A)  globalization. 
B)  socioeconomic inequality. 
C)  a highly corrupt government. 
D)  rural development projects.

Question 15

Among the steps taken by anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer to improve health conditions in the rural community of Cange,one of the most important first steps was to

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A)  provide a means of food production and distribution. 
B)  provide physicians and nurses to improve health care. 
C)  provide clean drinking water to the community. 
D)  provide a channel for foreign aid to improve the community. 
A)  provide a means of food production and distribution. 
B)  provide physicians and nurses to improve health care. 
C)  provide clean drinking water to the community. 
D)  provide a channel for foreign aid to improve the community.

Question 16

One of the immediate results of the Zanmi Lasante water project was a

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A)  noticeable drop in infant mortality. 
B)  noticeable increase in agricultural output. 
C)  noticeable improvement in the physical health of those who had to carry water up an eight-hundred-foot hillside. 
D)  noticeable drop in the number of individuals complaining about the water quality. 
A)  noticeable drop in infant mortality. 
B)  noticeable increase in agricultural output. 
C)  noticeable improvement in the physical health of those who had to carry water up an eight-hundred-foot hillside. 
D)  noticeable drop in the number of individuals complaining about the water quality.

Question 17

Anthropologists have recognized that Western biomedicine draws heavily on

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A)  extensive medical education. 
B)  the experience of the doctor in a foreign country. 
C)  enlightenment values. 
D)  the willingness of the doctor to practice alternative medicine. 
A)  extensive medical education. 
B)  the experience of the doctor in a foreign country. 
C)  enlightenment values. 
D)  the willingness of the doctor to practice alternative medicine.

Question 18

During the European conquest of North America,entire populations suffered due to the diseases brought to the continents by the conquering armies.In a very real sense,this early form of "globalization" held a type of medical migration.Medical migration as discussed in the text differs from this,however,in that today it

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A)  also includes the movement of diseases across national borders. 
B)  ignores the movement of faith-based healing across national borders. 
C)  provides a reduction in the number of poor patients seeking treatment abroad. 
D)  also includes the movement of treatments for disease across national borders. 
A)  also includes the movement of diseases across national borders. 
B)  ignores the movement of faith-based healing across national borders. 
C)  provides a reduction in the number of poor patients seeking treatment abroad. 
D)  also includes the movement of treatments for disease across national borders.

Question 19

Anthropologists believe that culture plays an underlying role in ways that health is perceived,experienced,and treated.Using the example of the Maya of Yucatán,identify two specific aspects of the birth process and explain how these reflect local cultural values and community conditions.

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Students should answer that among the Ma

Question 20

In the view of "technocratic birth":

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A)  women are viewed as strong and capable actors in the birth process. 
B)  expectant mothers are attended by midwives and family members. 
C)  fathers are expected to hold the mothers while encouraging them. 
D)  mothers can receive epidural injections to manage their pain. 
A)  women are viewed as strong and capable actors in the birth process. 
B)  expectant mothers are attended by midwives and family members. 
C)  fathers are expected to hold the mothers while encouraging them. 
D)  mothers can receive epidural injections to manage their pain.

In Tibet,there are about 200 traditional healers known as amchi who provide health care,all of which is based on

The individual patient's experience of sickness is

Illness narratives

What is biomedicine,and how do the practitioners view and treat diseases? Discuss two criticisms that anthropologists have about the European biases in the model relative to ethnocentric views about non-Western populations.

The example of Lia Lee and the tragic ending to her story demonstrates that health is a matter of

Since 1996,the rate of births by cesarean section (C-section)in the United States has

Paul Farmer conducted his fieldwork in Haiti,one of the poorest countries in the world.This afforded a powerful opportunity to understand

According to the text,Mayan women of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula typically gave birth in a hammock,during which time

Biomedicine is defined as

As discussed in the text,biomedical physicians diagnosed Lia Lee of Merced,California,as suffering from

Medical anthropology takes a holistic approach to health,which includes meaning,power,and

Among the steps taken by anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer to improve health conditions in the rural community of Cange,one of the most important first steps was to

One of the immediate results of the Zanmi Lasante water project was a

Anthropologists have recognized that Western biomedicine draws heavily on

Anthropologists believe that culture plays an underlying role in ways that health is perceived,experienced,and treated.Using the example of the Maya of Yucatán,identify two specific aspects of the birth process and explain how these reflect local cultural values and community conditions.

In the view of "technocratic birth":

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Exam 14: Health and Illness

In Tibet,there are about 200 traditional healers known as amchi who provide health care,all of which is based on

The individual patient's experience of sickness is

Illness narratives

What is biomedicine,and how do the practitioners view and treat diseases? Discuss two criticisms that anthropologists have about the European biases in the model relative to ethnocentric views about non-Western populations.

The example of Lia Lee and the tragic ending to her story demonstrates that health is a matter of

Since 1996,the rate of births by cesarean section (C-section)in the United States has

Paul Farmer conducted his fieldwork in Haiti,one of the poorest countries in the world.This afforded a powerful opportunity to understand

According to the text,Mayan women of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula typically gave birth in a hammock,during which time

Biomedicine is defined as

As discussed in the text,biomedical physicians diagnosed Lia Lee of Merced,California,as suffering from

Medical anthropology takes a holistic approach to health,which includes meaning,power,and

Among the steps taken by anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer to improve health conditions in the rural community of Cange,one of the most important first steps was to

One of the immediate results of the Zanmi Lasante water project was a

Anthropologists have recognized that Western biomedicine draws heavily on

Anthropologists believe that culture plays an underlying role in ways that health is perceived,experienced,and treated.Using the example of the Maya of Yucatán,identify two specific aspects of the birth process and explain how these reflect local cultural values and community conditions.

In the view of "technocratic birth":

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

The Global Economy

Politics and Power

Religion

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