Question 1

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

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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.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Epidemiology is defined as:

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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.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D) E

Question 3

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

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A)   Illness
B)   Disease
C)   Culture
D)   Psychosomatic illness
E)   SustoF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

Kuru is a disease that:

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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.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

Anthropologist ________ is associated with the concept of illness narrative.

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

Question 6

Ethnopharmacology is defined as:

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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.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

The specialization of medical anthropology has grown significantly since the:

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A)   1920s.
B)   1940s.
C)   1960s.
D)   1980s.
E)   turn of the twenty-first century.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 8

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?

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Question 9

Traditional healers known as amchi provide health care in:

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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.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

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

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A)   aid in digestion
B)   synthesize vitamins
C)   combat pathogens
D)   attract mates
E)   moisturize the skinF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese medicine?

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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.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 12

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

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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 thanNational 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.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 13

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

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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.F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

The kuru epidemic essentially came to an end:

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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.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 15

The core foci of critical medical anthropology do not include:

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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.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D) D

Question 16

Residents of rural Haiti experienced extremely high rates of:

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A)   cervical cancer.
B)   tuberculosis.
C)   obesity.
D)   hypertension.
E)   measles.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

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

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A)   ethnomedicine
B)   ethnopharamacology
C)   biomedicine
D)   medical pluralism
E)   illness narrativeF) A) and D)
G) A) and C) A

Question 18

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?

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Question 19

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

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A)   Tibet
B)   the United States
C)   China
D)   Yucatán
E)   northern IndiaF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

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

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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.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Exam 16: Health and Illness

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Epidemiology is defined as:

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Traditional healers known as amchi provide health care in:

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

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

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

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The kuru epidemic essentially came to an end:

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