Anthro134A lecture quizzes

How is illness as "social deviance" as explained by Sociologist Talcott Parsons, used as a form of control?

only some people are awarded the rights of "the sick role" and only under certain conditions

Susan Sontag is known for...

writing about the role of metaphors in illness

The anatomy lab is a rite of passage in medicine because: It teaches students to see the patient in terms of anatomical structures and systems It teaches students to overcome feelings of disgust, revulsion, and fear in the space of the clinic

Both above answers

Biomedicine is universal and therefore practiced the same around the world.

False

Byron Good found that the new Harvard curriculum thoroughly revolutionized biomedicine

False

Marisa and Fatenah had the same access to "the sick role"

False

What are characteristics of a disease that is likely to be stigmatized, according to Goffman?

It is not well understood, and is progressive.

How is Arthur Frank's discussion of illness narratives distinct from Kleinman's?

Kleinman sees illness narratives in a way to enhance the care of the patient, whereas Frank sees the patient as storyteller as in the position of the carer

The most salient cultural assumptions that undergird biomedicine are:

Naturalism, Materialism, Universalism, Individualism

What are responsibilities that people in the "sick role" are supposed to perform, according to Talcott Parsons?

They should not be sick, can't have caused their own sickness, and must comply with medical practitioners to get better.

The white coat symbolizes purity, life, power, and cleanliness to allow the physician to perform acts that would otherwise be taboo.

True