In an Epilogue to Her Article "Mother's Love: Death Without

question 16

Multiple Choice

In an epilogue to her article "Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping," Scheper-Hughes argues that the primary cause of the decline in infant mortality on the Alto do Cruzeiro was a result of

• A) national health care agents going door to door to identify at-risk infants.
• B) the installation of water pipes that carried clean water to virtually every home in the shantytown.
• C) an infant training program offered by a North American mission.
• D) the under-the-counter availability of a "morning after" pill.

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