2280 Exam 1 Study Guide

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Anthropology 2280 – Medical Anthropology Fall 2021 - Professor China Scherz Exam #1 Study Guide Key Concepts Culture Clinically Applied Medical Anthropology Illness Disease Explanatory Model Problems that can result from lack of attention to illness experiences Biomedical view of clinical reality The “eight questions” you would use to elicit an explanatory model Benefits of establishing a therapeutic alliance early in the treatment process Lia Lee’s family’s explanatory model of her seizures History and Aims of Cultural Competency Critiques of Cultural Competency Structural-Functionalism Misfortune as a social fact Socially relevant cause How taking a stance about a belief can be a way of communicating something about yourself Medical Pluralism Pragmatism Therapeutic Ecology Symptomatic idiom Aetiological/Explanatory idiom Key Authors – You should be prepared to answer questions that demonstrate that you have an understanding of the primary argument(s) each of these authors as made in the course readings or referenced in lecture. You should also be able to discuss how these arguments might relate to novel examples. Arthur Kleinman Byron Good Leon Eisenberg Anne Fadiman Stacey Pigg E.E. Evans-Pritchard Susan Reynolds Whyte Stacey Langwick Format and Sample Questions The mid-term will be worth 15% of your final grade with 15 points possible. The first 5 points are essentially free, the other 10 points are based on 20 multiple choice questions. Multiple Choice (20 questions, .5 points each) Which author proposed pragmatism as a model for exploring how people engage with different treatment options? a) Arthur Kleinman b) Angela Jenks c) Susan Reynolds Whyte d) None of the above

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