I chose to discuss community health because it is such an important topic anthropologically and because community health is something I hope to be apart of in the future. Something unique about community health is that each community has its own…
Medication in the american society is idolized in the context of bio-medicalization and medicalization. Our culture sees medication consumption as an answer for every issue or problem. Even natural human functions such as menopause and menstruation are turned into symptoms of…
The culture of biomedicine is a very important concept in our society. Every symptom, diagnosis, and treatment leads to how our culture views and uses biomedicine. By studying this weeks materials we were able to see how different methods are used…
This episode of true life followed two teenage girls who had medical conditions that they were forced to live with. One had hyperhydrosis, or excessive sweating, while the other had turrets disorder. Both of these illnesses are the narratives of…
I have chosen to discuss type one diabetes because at the moment I am working at a camp for kids and there are two campers with Type one Diabetes. I work in the clinic so I am very active in…
The article I have chosen starts off discussing three separate spirits that are believed in throughout Begameder, Ethiopia. The Zar is the only one of the three spirits that is not known necessarily as bad, while the other two are. The…
This article focuses on the different methods of healing patients non traditionally. They compare clown doctors known as the Clown Care Unit (CCU) to shamans and alternative healers. They give examples relating h0w clowns can be beneficial to the patients…
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I received a 3 out of 10 on the health equity quiz taken at the beginning of this unit. I was honestly surprised by most of the statistics that were in the quiz. Especially the one about Americans being the 29th…
This week I learned a great deal about race, health, and genetics. When looking through this weeks material it was very interesting learning how these elements interact and how they do not interact. For instance, being in a certain race makes…
