According to the Author, Paul Farmer Argues Based on His

question 61

Multiple Choice

According to the author, Paul Farmer argues based on his fieldwork in Cange that:

• A) anthropologists should treat illness with Western medicines whenever necessary.
• B) anthropologists should use their knowledge for intervention to help solve problems.
• C) unless they acquire lots of money from sponsors, anthropologists have little chance of changing the lives of people they study.
• D) many communities do not want anthropologists to interfere.
• E) it is unlikely that ethnomedical and biomedical approaches to health care can coexist.

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Definitions:

Bogus Pipeline Technique

A psychological technique used in social research to elicit honest responses from participants by falsely claiming the existence of a lie-detector-like mechanism.

Hierarchies

Systems or organizations in which members are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

Free Market System

An economic system based on supply and demand with minimal government intervention, where prices for goods and services are determined freely by the open market.

Cluster

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