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How does knowledge relate to objective scientific reality?
How does knowledge relate to objective scientific reality?
- It often overlaps with personal beliefs.
- It focuses more on subjective experiences.
- It is considered inaccurate and unreliable.
- It is thought to be in accordance with objective scientific reality. (correct)
What does belief imply according to the definitions provided?
What does belief imply according to the definitions provided?
- A comprehensive knowledge of diseases.
- Inherent error or uncertainty. (correct)
- A clear understanding of physiological phenomena.
- Certainty and correctness.
In Evans-Pritchard’s study, how do the Azande view witchcraft?
In Evans-Pritchard’s study, how do the Azande view witchcraft?
- As a hypothetical concept with no practical application.
- As something that contradicts their understanding of health.
- As an integral part of their daily experience. (correct)
- Merely as a superstition without any empirical knowledge.
According to Byron Good, how is the term 'belief' often used in medical anthropology?
According to Byron Good, how is the term 'belief' often used in medical anthropology?
What does the empiricist theory of medicine emphasize?
What does the empiricist theory of medicine emphasize?
What critique does modernization theory pose regarding traditional healing methods?
What critique does modernization theory pose regarding traditional healing methods?
What is the implication of the phrase 'objective self-evident truth of science'?
What is the implication of the phrase 'objective self-evident truth of science'?
What is a common misconception about the relationship between knowledge and belief?
What is a common misconception about the relationship between knowledge and belief?
What is a primary focus of clinically applied medical anthropology?
What is a primary focus of clinically applied medical anthropology?
Which of the following is an example of clinically applied medical anthropology?
Which of the following is an example of clinically applied medical anthropology?
What does critical medical anthropology primarily critique?
What does critical medical anthropology primarily critique?
Which pathway does Scheper-Hughes not propose for critically applied medical anthropology?
Which pathway does Scheper-Hughes not propose for critically applied medical anthropology?
What is the overarching goal of critically applied medical anthropology?
What is the overarching goal of critically applied medical anthropology?
How does critically applied medical anthropology suggest altering the role of hospitals?
How does critically applied medical anthropology suggest altering the role of hospitals?
What is one criticism of biomedicine highlighted in critical medical anthropology?
What is one criticism of biomedicine highlighted in critical medical anthropology?
In the context of clinical medical anthropology, what role do translators serve?
In the context of clinical medical anthropology, what role do translators serve?
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Study Notes
Clinically Applied Medical Anthropology
- Supports biomedicine by using the techniques of people's issues to improve medical treatment
- Expands biomedicine by utilizing it in clinical settings to address patient needs
- Examples: cultural sensitivity trainings and using translators in hospitals
- Focuses on working within the clinic to increase tolerance of biomedicine
Critical Medical Anthropology
- Critiques the limits and inevitability of biomedicine
- Focuses on the political and economic inequalities regarding health and disease to decrease biomedical hegemony and medicalization
- Proposes three pathways for a critically applied medical anthropology:
- Disengagement from conventional biomedicine
- Validation of alternative healing practices
- The transformation of hospitals into sites of social critique
- Aims to understand how people understand health and illness, questioning the power of relationships in biomedicine
Belief vs. Knowledge
- Belief: refers to phenomena without clear physiological grounds
- Implicitly connotes error or falsehood
- Example: Azande belief in witchcraft
- Knowledge: implicitly confirms the truth and value of a specific epistemology
- Considered in accordance with objective scientific reality
- Example: knowing major diseases and their symptoms
- Knowledge can be seen as dominating belief, which can be problematic in the context of cultural relativism
Empiricist Theory of Medical Language/Knowledge
- Processes information through observational and practical happenings, such as sensed experiences, rather than theoretical deductions
- Emphasizes objectivity and scientific truth
- Can be seen as dominant over other forms of knowing
- Example: the study of the Azande, where their beliefs are seen as less valid than empirical knowledge
Modernization Theory/Evolution
- Theory of modernization can undermine traditional healing methods by prioritizing modern, scientific methodologies
- Example: Colonial powers using modernization to justify their dominance over other cultures
- The theory can be used to see the evolution of cultures, with one being more advanced than the other
- It is important to recognize the power dynamics at play when studying modernization and to avoid viewing it as a universal and inevitable process.
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