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NClaborn

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Describe one of the ways globalization is changing health, illness, and healing using an example from the text.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Define the goal of applied medical anthropology and illustrate its relevance to an example from the text.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The effects of globalization listed in the text include: infectious diseases, diseases of development, and medical pluralism.
2. Infectious diseases are spread more easily due to international travel and include HIV/AIDS and Ebola.
3. An example of a disease of development: Dam projects have been found to cause an increase in schistosomiasis.
4. Medical pluralism describes the interaction of multiple healing systems, and can result in selective pluralism, conflicting explanatory models, and other patterns.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Applied medical anthropology uses anthropological knowledge to help achieve the goals of health-care providers.
2. One example is Robert Trotter's research revealing lead content in traditional Mexican remedies.
3. Anthropologists have helped identify the reasons that some groups are suspicious of vaccines.
4. In the case of the Samoan girl Mary, an anthropologist with knowledge of Samoan culture might have acted as a cultural broker.




NClaborn

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Excellent


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Gracias!

 

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