Exam 14: Health and Illness

How have the processes of globalization and Westernization affected health care in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas? Specifically,describe the care provided by Tibetan Buddhist healers,and provide three specific examples of how this system has changed during the past thirty years in terms of how these healers are compensated,the introduction of Western medical approaches,and the global interest in this type of health care.

Anthropologist Arthur Kleinman's work involves the collecting of different illness narratives,which can be vital in the

Analyze the anecdote of the centenarian twins from the beginning of the chapter.Based on what you've learned about health and illness in this chapter,do you agree that laughter,close family ties,religion,and a simple lifestyle can account for their longevity? If so,how? If not,what other factors could explain their long lives?

According to the text,the People's Republic of China moved to institutionalize traditional Chinese medicine through a number of different strategies,including the export of the practice to other countries.This was done in part to

Describe the factors that contribute to the state of health for the residents of colonias in Texas.What is the infrastructure like in these communities? Analyze this situation from the perspective of critical medical anthropology by identifying three diseases that may be attributed to specific conditions.For example,what factors in the infrastructure might cause the spread of dengue? Do residents have access to health care? If not,what are the deterring factors?