4200 Exam 2 Study Guide

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Medicine

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Oct 30, 2023

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4200 Exam 2 Study Guide  How most people treat a mild illness  The definition of HEALTH according to the text in Ch. 5  The key to maintaining health  Why do some cultures practice spitting?  Evil Eye beliefs and practices  Objects that protect the wearer from the evil eye or the evil spirits & origin pg. 81-82  Chinese medicine  Ayurveda  Dietary restrictions & their origins: hot & cold foods, yin & yang, pork restrictions, foods combinations  Natural folk medicine & it’s importance in helping prevent illness  Differences between homeopathic, allopathic, and alternative care approaches to medicine (several questions)  When to use complementary alternative medical treatments  The role religion plays in HEALTH & ILLNESS  3 important shrines on page 104. & why people visit shrines  Day of the Dead  Islam, Jewish, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths  Saints to know: o St. Dymphna o St. Peregrine o St. Jude  Examples of alternative treatment modalities  Differences between a traditional HEALER and an allopathic physician  Santeria, Voodoo, Limpia, and Curanderismo  Birth & Death rituals: 124-125  The importance of individual familial HEALTH practices  Know health maintenance & protection practices and their associated heritages on page 121  Problems with contemporary U.S. healthcare  The history of healthcare expenditures per capita & how we compare to other nations  Infant mortality rate in the U.S.  Benefits of Affordable Care Act  Reasons associated with high prescription and medical costs  Barriers to healthcare  Philosophy of CULTURALCARE  Overall themes and findings in the documentary “Unnatural Causes”  What is a constant in any culture?

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