Exam 14: How Is Anthropology Applied in the Field of Medicine

In research conducted by the anthropologist Jessica Gregg in Brazil among poor women diagnosed with cervical cancer, how was she able to explain why these women regularly blamed their cancer on their own sexual misconduct?

Which of the following are illustrations of how the administration of biomedically derived therapies, such as ARV therapy, may be affected by different cultural and political settings?

Charles Leslie employed the term "cosmopolitan medicine" to

Discuss the effects of social suffering and trauma on both individuals and groups. How have anthropologists begun to study these issues?

In the text, Paul Farmer makes the point that among the very poor and powerless people with whom he works, the AIDS epidemic

How do anthropologists use the term suffering and why do they use it?

Which term refers to an alternative system of health-related beliefs, knowledge, and practices within a local cultural group?

What is the term used by medical anthropologists to refer to social identities that are based on a shared medical diagnosis?

Medical anthropologists have used the term "sickness" to refer to

As understood by some epidemiologists and medical anthropologists, "embodied inequality" entails all of the following EXCEPT

How is sickle cell anemia a biocultural adaptation?

A biocultural adaptation can best be understood as

Medical anthropology should be understood as a biocultural field because

Which of the following does NOT follow from having a focus on subjectivity in anthropological analysis?

When investigating an apparent outbreak of disease in a population, an epidemiologist could be expected to focus on

Define the terms biosociality and biological citizenship. How do anthropologists use these concepts to analyze the history of HIV/AIDS in Brazil?

As seen in the study by Guar and Patniak conducted among the Korwa of central India, social, political, and economic suffering were experienced as bodily suffering in what is called

Which of the following statements is true concerning illness?

The primary lesson to be learned from the example provided in the text regarding lactose intolerance is that

Structural violence results from