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Priyanka Bali Dr. Paula Saravia ANTH 375 Sping 2023 Active reading #1 ACTIVE READING WORKSHEET Ehrenreich, J. (1978). The Cultural crisis of modern medicine / edited by John Ehrenreich. Monthly Review Press. MAIN QUOTE FROM THE READING “The colonial world reveals itself to be complex and extremely diverse in structure. There is always an opposition of exclusive worlds, a contradictory interaction of different techniques, a vehement confrontation of values”(page 238). ARGUMENT (Summary of the central argument and the theoretical concepts developed in the reading . Include ethnographic examples from the readings when applicable). [300 - 500 words] I believe the central argument of this chapter would be analyzing howpatients and doctors may experience a cultural clash as a result of non-western people's views about the origins and treatments of sickness differing from those of modern medicine.As a representative of the colonizing authority, the doctor is always seen as a link in the colonialist network. the awareness of an abrupt separation between the homogenous group, which is isolated within itself, and this native technician, who has fled outside the particular psychological or emotional categories of the people. The native doctor is a doctor who has been Europeanized and Westernized, and under some conditions, he is regarded as no longer belonging to the establishing community. He has gradually moved away from the opposing side and towards the side of the oppressors. The part of the reading that particularly stood out to me was how many colonial people equate native doctors to native police, referring to them as "to the ca'id," which means to the notable. The colonized look down on the doctor while also being proud of his race's achievements. The behavior of the local physician toward the country's traditional medicine has long been marked by a significant degree of aggression. Another example shows how Algerian families act when one of their members has to have a restricted diet while suffering from typhus infection. Family visits are prohibited by the hospital in order to enforce the limitations. We know from experience that whenever a family member is allowed to see the sick, he gives in to the patient's hunger and manages to leave him some cakes or some chicken. Intestinal perforations thus frequently take place.

due to the fact that the colonized saw this medical instruction as a new kind of torture or starvation, or as yet another illustration of the occupier's cruel tactics. However but the Algerians haven’t seen Western doctors themselves so when they are faced with the new hospital rules they feel threatened. Both traditional and contemporary doctors must acknowledge their areas of strength and weakness in order to eliminate the current mistrust between them and to achieve the goals of regulation and a relationship. Additionally, they have to be passionate and patient about the challenging but essential task of being an individual from different ethnic groups. QUESTIONS (Write any question or doubt about the reading. This may be useful during class discussion or review session). A question I have would be are there any major cases of mistrust and exploitation of traditional medicine for the benefit of Western medicine that caused a bigger gap between this medicine? PERSONAL CONNECTION (Write about any personal experience that either supports or contradicts the argument of the reading). A personal connection I feel is being an Indian American I watched my grandpa throw fits about going to the doctors, not following instructions, being incompliant, etc. Even though my family would be all there trying to tell him it's alright, and learning about the disease with him. I can see how different ethnic groups completely reject Western medicine because of how scared they are of learning and doing things outside of their norm in medicine and health. Even though he knows he needs to help it still took him a lot of time to build trust with the health providers. ACADEMIC/INTELLECTUAL CONNECTION (Select a quote from another reading that you think connects with the argument presented in this reading). A quote from the “Babylan Sing Back” reading that connects with this argument shows the frustration and mistrust between ethnic groups and Western culture, “In 2016 the Philippine Department of Education began to push for mother-tongue-based learning, but implementation has been riddled with problems, including the lack of Indigenous materials, in some cases resulting in the continued dominance of non-Indigenous languages” (page 23). IMPLICATIONS (What are the implications of the argument or the reading in general. Why do you think is important? What are the contributions?

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