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What was the focus of Khiara Bridges's research in the New York City women's health clinic? How did the composition of the patient population compare to that of the medical staff? What differences did she observe in the treatment that patients received? What did she conclude about the disparities in healthcare outcomes in the United States?

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Increased migration has increased the popularity of Tibetan medicine in recent decades. How is this form of medicine viewed today by non-Tibetans?

A) as holistic and embracing Tibetan ecological worldviews
B) as a way to cure the human microbiome
C) as a rejection of ethnomedicine
D) as a way to develop sound entrepreneurial practices in health care

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What are illness narratives?

When studying the health care provided at Alpha Hospital in New York City, anthropologist Khiara Bridges documented health-care professionals referring to black women as "primitive" and stating that black women were better able to withstand pain than white women. Where did these attitudes originate?

Why is the case of Lia Lee significant for medical anthropologists?

Which analytical perspective would a medical anthropologist use to explore how economic and political systems, race, class, gender, and sexuality create and perpetuate unequal access to health care?

The study of ethnopharmacology emerged from efforts to:

Surgical procedures are integral to which of the following?

Travelling to Tijuana to buy high blood pressure medicine, making a pilgrimage to visit a saint's shrine for healing, and going to the rainforest to participate in a ritual guided by a Shaman are all examples of:

According to the United Nations, in 2015, which country had the highest life expectancy at birth?

Geoffrey hoarsely calls his boss and describes his phlegm and high fever. Geoffrey stays home and briefly considers going to the movies, but decides not to in case someone from work sees him. The role Geoffrey has taken on is an example of:

Anthropologist Arthur Kleinman's work involves collecting cross-cultural illness narratives. Where can such narratives be vital in the treatment of illness and promotion of good health?

A Shipibo shaman uses Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic drink brewed from roots and leaves found in the rainforest, to treat spiritual and psychological maladies. Researchers interested in studying its effectiveness are studying:

What does the study of ethnomedicine focus on?

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese medicine?

A Dutch woman's attitude toward childbirth:

Anthropologists have recognized that Western biomedicine draws heavily on:

Overall human life expectancy increased from 31 years in 1900 to what in 2015?

Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, studied the Hmong immigrant population in the United States. What does her work suggest is one of the biggest challenges faced by this population?

What approach would a medical anthropologist take to understand why some middle-class American parents with health insurance do not vaccinate their children for measles, mumps, and rubella?