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How do anthropologists define indigenous persons?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Besides providing social, cultural, and political perspectives on health, what else do medical anthropologists do?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

They are members of societies that have occupied a region for a long time and are recognized as the original (or very ancient) inhabitants.

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They help bridge the gap between clients and medical care providers, they help articulate the patients' needs and experiences, and their results help a community to make positive changes to their health programs.



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