Ch. 2 Cultural Approaches to Health Flashcards
Ayurveda
traditional Indian medicine system
- offer treatment predominately by administrating herbal medications
Western biomedicine
most common approach to medicine
- derived from Greek physicians
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
any non-Western approach to health
allopathy
conventional or Western medicine that treats disease by the use of remedies to produce effects different from those produced by the disease undtreatement
opioids
substance produced in the body that has effects similar to opiates
- mainly associated with pain relief
ie. morphine
opiates
drug such as morphine or codeine containing or derived from opium and tending to induce sleep and alleviate pain
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
holistic system of medicine and approach to health and healing originating in China approximately 4,000 years ago
- major treatments: acupuncture & use of herbs
Tao
major Chinese philosophical approach to life and the universe
- based on Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
- can be seen as a state of being
“way of life”
curanderismo
holistic system of healing practiced by Latin Americans
- blends spirituality & Western approaches to healing and health
shaman
practitioners of folk medicine
- referred to as “medicine men”
- use range of herbs & rituals to cure
Complementary and alternative medicine is the name given to a category of medical treatments:
a. designed to add to Western medicine
b. practiced by Chinese and Indians
c. that is non-Western in origin
d. that does not involve biomedical drugs or procedures
a. designed to add to Western medicine
Western biomedicine is also referred to as:
a. allopathy
b. homeopathy
c. Hellenistic
d. physiopathy
a. allopathy
The earliest known diagnostic system of medicine involving physicians and combining religious rites and empirical treatments was seen in:
a. Mesopotamia
b. Greece
c. Pakistan
d. Japan
a. Mesopotamia
Each of the following directly contributed to our knowledge of human anatomy except:
a. William Harvey
b. Galen
c. Leonardo Da Vinci
d. Andreas Vesalius
a. William Harvey
According to the most recent census data, the largest minority group in the United States is:
a. African American
b. Latino
c. Asian American
d. American Indian
b. Latino
The Mexican American folk healing system is referred to as:
a. mai de ojo
b. machismo
c. curanderismo
d. elchupacabra
c. curanderismo
Which of the following cultural belief systems of medicine is heavily based on Christian beliefs and practices?
a. Western biomedicine
b. curanderismo
c. traditional Chinese medicine
d. American Indian medicine
b. curanderismo
One folk remedy common to American Indian, Mexican American, and traditional Chinese medicine is:
a. plants
b. needles
c. saunas
d. prayer
a. plants
Which of the following assumptions of traditional Chinese medicine is NOT correct?
a. Meridian channels energy through the body.
b. The nervous system is linked to the meridian system.
c. Health is a balance of mind and body.
d. Health is best dealt within a macroscopic fashion.
a. Meridian channels energy through the body.
Which of the following is NOT something a shaman would do?
a. listen to patients and task about family, behaviors, and beliefs
b. treat spirits as metaphors
c. chant and pray in a trance
d. attempt to connect illness to a patient’s life
b. treat spirits as metaphors
