Medical Anthropology

Medical Anthropology

Discipline:
– Anthropology

Type of service:
Essay

Spacing:
Double spacing

Paper format:
MLA

Number of pages:
6 pages

Number of sources:
12 sources

Paper details:

HELLO THIS IS A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ASSIGNMENT ESSAY
PLEASE ENSURE ALL RESOURCES ARE BASED ON MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY SOURCES, MUST ALSO BE CREDIBLE.

Write the following essays in 2 to 3 pages each, and submit as a single file.

BASICALLY 3 SEPARATE MINI ESSAYS, EACH 2-3 PAGES LONG ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Examine the ways in which culture shapes the interaction between healer and patient. Be sure to include several of the Unit 6 (https://0-www-jstor-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/stable/3317868?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents) (chapter 6 focus’ on Healers and Their Patients in Ethnographic Context) and 7 (Chapter 7 focus on’ Unit 7: Magic, Religion, and Healing
) (e.g of a source used https://drr2.lib.athabascau.ca/index.php?c=node&m=detail&n=39652) sources in your discussion. (20 marks)

2.Analyze two specific examples (from any of the course units) of cultural categories that describe certain objects or substances such as contamination, leading to ill health. (20 marks)

3.Discuss Farmer’s call for a new definition of human rights, particularly one that does not disregard the most basic rights of all—food, shelter and health. (20 marks)

Grading: Papers will be graded at zero (0) if they do not address the topic. Ensure sources properly cited in the body of the paper and listed in full at the end.

Acceptable papers will be marked according to the following criteria:

Development of argument (35%)
Logic of organization. (15%)
Supporting evidence (30%)
Definition of key terms (10%)
Grammar and appropriate use of vocabulary (10%)