Question 1

The author writes that all medical systems constitute a form of ________ because they are based in a particular local cultural reality.

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnomedicine 
B)  ethnopharamacology 
C)  biomedicine 
D)  medical pluralism 
E)  illness narrative 
A)  ethnomedicine 
B)  ethnopharamacology 
C)  biomedicine 
D)  medical pluralism 
E)  illness narrative A

Question 2

The core foci of critical medical anthropology do not include:

Accepted Answer

A)  identifying how economic and political systems perpetuate unequal access to health care. 
B)  understanding ways that systems of power generate disparities in health care. 
C)  exploring how race, class, and gender affect access to and provision of health care. 
D)  focusing on treating individual patients rather than identifying needs of entire groups. 
E)  developing strategies to overcome mechanisms that maintain health inequities. 
A)  identifying how economic and political systems perpetuate unequal access to health care. 
B)  understanding ways that systems of power generate disparities in health care. 
C)  exploring how race, class, and gender affect access to and provision of health care. 
D)  focusing on treating individual patients rather than identifying needs of entire groups. 
E)  developing strategies to overcome mechanisms that maintain health inequities. D

Question 3

Epidemiology is defined as:

Accepted Answer

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. 
E)  the study of the spread of disease and pathogens through the human population. 
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. 
E)  the study of the spread of disease and pathogens through the human population. E

Question 4

In the United States, statistical data for racial disparities in health indicate that:

Accepted Answer

A)  there is little difference between maternal mortality of black and white mothers. 
B)  black babies are more than twice as likely to die in infancy as white babies. 
C)  high-quality health care in New York City means lower rates of maternal mortality than
National averages. 
D)  there are higher rates of infant mortality among women of any race who live in the Deep South. 
E)  white women die more frequently from complications of pregnancy than women of color. 
A)  there is little difference between maternal mortality of black and white mothers. 
B)  black babies are more than twice as likely to die in infancy as white babies. 
C)  high-quality health care in New York City means lower rates of maternal mortality than
National averages. 
D)  there are higher rates of infant mortality among women of any race who live in the Deep South. 
E)  white women die more frequently from complications of pregnancy than women of color.

Question 5

Ethnopharmacology is defined as:

Accepted Answer

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. 
E)  the study of the spread of disease and pathogens through the human population. 
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. 
E)  the study of the spread of disease and pathogens through the human population.

Question 6

Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the description of biomedicine in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has spread because it encompasses an aura of modernity and progress. 
B)  It draws heavily on European enlightenment values. 
C)  Its values of individualism and rationality are not universally held. 
D)  Social factors rather than the human body are the focus of treatment. 
E)  It is closely linked with Western economic and political expansion. 
A)  It has spread because it encompasses an aura of modernity and progress. 
B)  It draws heavily on European enlightenment values. 
C)  Its values of individualism and rationality are not universally held. 
D)  Social factors rather than the human body are the focus of treatment. 
E)  It is closely linked with Western economic and political expansion.

Question 7

How has Paul Farmer's research shown that medical anthropologists can improve the lives of
individuals who are suffering from illnesses? What specifically did he learn about the
infrastructure, daily routines, and beliefs about illness that helped him treat illness and combat
critical issues such as infant mortality? What did he find was the best way to treat tuberculosis?

Accepted Answer

Students should provide an overview of F

Question 8

Residents of rural Haiti experienced extremely high rates of:

Accepted Answer

A)  cervical cancer. 
B)  tuberculosis. 
C)  obesity. 
D)  hypertension. 
E)  measles. 
A)  cervical cancer. 
B)  tuberculosis. 
C)  obesity. 
D)  hypertension. 
E)  measles.

Question 9

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese medicine?

Accepted Answer

A)  Researchers have identified a uniform set of Chinese medical practices used by practitioners within and outside China that complement biomedical treatments. 
B)  It was suppressed as "unscientific" after the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. 
C)  Patients submit to the authority of the doctor, accepting a regimented prescription to achieve and maintain heath. 
D)  Chinese medicine rejected Western medicine in the early twentieth century as "inauthentic" and "un-Chinese." 
E)  Chinese medical practices vary widely within China, from patient to patient, and also over time. 
A)  Researchers have identified a uniform set of Chinese medical practices used by practitioners within and outside China that complement biomedical treatments. 
B)  It was suppressed as "unscientific" after the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. 
C)  Patients submit to the authority of the doctor, accepting a regimented prescription to achieve and maintain heath. 
D)  Chinese medicine rejected Western medicine in the early twentieth century as "inauthentic" and "un-Chinese." 
E)  Chinese medical practices vary widely within China, from patient to patient, and also over time.

Question 10

________ is a discrete, natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated by a health professional.

Accepted Answer

A)  Illness 
B)  Disease 
C)  Culture 
D)  Psychosomatic illness 
E)  Susto 
A)  Illness 
B)  Disease 
C)  Culture 
D)  Psychosomatic illness 
E)  Susto

Question 11

Kuru is a disease that:

Accepted Answer

A)  is passed genetically from father to son in New Guinea. 
B)  is a serious health threat to black women in New York City. 
C)  the Fore acquire through consuming cooked flesh. 
D)  Spanish conquistadores brought to the New World. 
E)  causes dysentery and vomiting in northern India. 
A)  is passed genetically from father to son in New Guinea. 
B)  is a serious health threat to black women in New York City. 
C)  the Fore acquire through consuming cooked flesh. 
D)  Spanish conquistadores brought to the New World. 
E)  causes dysentery and vomiting in northern India.

Question 12

The study of health care provided at Alpha House in New York City suggested that:

Accepted Answer

A)  doctors take the symptoms of male patients more seriously than those of women. 
B)  the clinic only treats patients who have private health insurance. 
C)  conflicts occurred between physicians of color and white patients. 
D)  doctors are less intrusive when treating Medicaid patients. 
E)  black women were considered better able to stand pain than white women. 
A)  doctors take the symptoms of male patients more seriously than those of women. 
B)  the clinic only treats patients who have private health insurance. 
C)  conflicts occurred between physicians of color and white patients. 
D)  doctors are less intrusive when treating Medicaid patients. 
E)  black women were considered better able to stand pain than white women.

Question 13

Anthropologist ________ is associated with the concept of illness narrative.

Accepted Answer

A)  Paul Farmer 
B)  Nancy Scheper-Hughes 
C)  Robbie Davis Floyd 
D)  Arthur Kleinman 
E)  Margaret Mead 
A)  Paul Farmer 
B)  Nancy Scheper-Hughes 
C)  Robbie Davis Floyd 
D)  Arthur Kleinman 
E)  Margaret Mead

Question 14

The kuru epidemic essentially came to an end:

Accepted Answer

A)  when Christian missionaries helped to eliminate cannibalism. 
B)  when the government began requiring neonatal care. 
C)  when the population developed a natural immunity. 
D)  with the introduction of penicillin and antibiotics. 
E)  once cremation became the norm in the region. 
A)  when Christian missionaries helped to eliminate cannibalism. 
B)  when the government began requiring neonatal care. 
C)  when the population developed a natural immunity. 
D)  with the introduction of penicillin and antibiotics. 
E)  once cremation became the norm in the region.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a function of the human microbiome?

Accepted Answer

A)  aid in digestion 
B)  synthesize vitamins 
C)  combat pathogens 
D)  attract mates 
E)  moisturize the skin 
A)  aid in digestion 
B)  synthesize vitamins 
C)  combat pathogens 
D)  attract mates 
E)  moisturize the skin

Question 16

The specialization of medical anthropology has grown significantly since the:

Accepted Answer

A)  1920s. 
B)  1940s. 
C)  1960s. 
D)  1980s. 
E)  turn of the twenty-first century. 
A)  1920s. 
B)  1940s. 
C)  1960s. 
D)  1980s. 
E)  turn of the twenty-first century.

Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

Students should discuss that Chinese med

Question 18

Stereotypically, images of health care in ________ include doctors in white coats, hospitals, and advanced technology.

Accepted Answer

A)  Tibet 
B)  the United States 
C)  China 
D)  Yucatán 
E)  northern India 
A)  Tibet 
B)  the United States 
C)  China 
D)  Yucatán 
E)  northern India

Question 19

Anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer's first step in improving health conditions in the rural community of Cange involved:

Accepted Answer

A)  assessing health-care needs by x-raying and collecting blood samples from residents. 
B)  having the government provide physicians and nurses to help him conduct a health survey. 
C)  providing clean drinking water to the community. 
D)  asking the Catholic Church to send missionaries so that locals would give up beliefs in voodoo. 
E)  burning the village to kill all bacteria, and relocating residents to a hilltop. 
A)  assessing health-care needs by x-raying and collecting blood samples from residents. 
B)  having the government provide physicians and nurses to help him conduct a health survey. 
C)  providing clean drinking water to the community. 
D)  asking the Catholic Church to send missionaries so that locals would give up beliefs in voodoo. 
E)  burning the village to kill all bacteria, and relocating residents to a hilltop.

Question 20

Traditional healers known as amchi provide health care in:

Accepted Answer

A)  the eastern highlands of New Guinea. 
B)  the Ladakh region of northern India. 
C)  southern China and California. 
D)  rural Haiti. 
E)  Yucatán, Mexico. 
A)  the eastern highlands of New Guinea. 
B)  the Ladakh region of northern India. 
C)  southern China and California. 
D)  rural Haiti. 
E)  Yucatán, Mexico.

The author writes that all medical systems constitute a form of ________ because they are based in a particular local cultural reality.

The core foci of critical medical anthropology do not include:

Epidemiology is defined as:

In the United States, statistical data for racial disparities in health indicate that:

Ethnopharmacology is defined as:

Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the description of biomedicine in the text?

Residents of rural Haiti experienced extremely high rates of:

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese medicine?

________ is a discrete, natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated by a health professional.

Kuru is a disease that:

The study of health care provided at Alpha House in New York City suggested that:

Anthropologist ________ is associated with the concept of illness narrative.

The kuru epidemic essentially came to an end:

Which of the following is NOT a function of the human microbiome?

The specialization of medical anthropology has grown significantly since the:

Stereotypically, images of health care in ________ include doctors in white coats, hospitals, and advanced technology.

Anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer's first step in improving health conditions in the rural community of Cange involved:

Traditional healers known as amchi provide health care in:

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Exam 16: Health and Illness

The author writes that all medical systems constitute a form of ________ because they are based in a particular local cultural reality.

The core foci of critical medical anthropology do not include:

Epidemiology is defined as:

In the United States, statistical data for racial disparities in health indicate that:

Ethnopharmacology is defined as:

Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the description of biomedicine in the text?

Residents of rural Haiti experienced extremely high rates of:

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese medicine?

________ is a discrete, natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated by a health professional.

Kuru is a disease that:

The study of health care provided at Alpha House in New York City suggested that:

Anthropologist ________ is associated with the concept of illness narrative.

The kuru epidemic essentially came to an end:

Which of the following is NOT a function of the human microbiome?

The specialization of medical anthropology has grown significantly since the:

Stereotypically, images of health care in ________ include doctors in white coats, hospitals, and advanced technology.

Anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer's first step in improving health conditions in the rural community of Cange involved:

Traditional healers known as amchi provide health care in:

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Human Origins

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

The Global Economy

Migration

Politics and Power

Religion

Art and Media

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