Ch. 2 Cultural Approaches to Health

Question 1

Ayurveda

Answer 1

traditional Indian medicine system

- offer treatment predominately by administrating herbal medications

Question 2

Western biomedicine

Answer 2

most common approach to medicine

- derived from Greek physicians

Question 3

complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

Answer 3

any non-Western approach to health

Question 4

allopathy

Answer 4

conventional or Western medicine that treats disease by the use of remedies to produce effects different from those produced by the disease undtreatement

Question 5

opioids

Answer 5

substance produced in the body that has effects similar to opiates
- mainly associated with pain relief

ie. morphine

Question 6

opiates

Answer 6

drug such as morphine or codeine containing or derived from opium and tending to induce sleep and alleviate pain

Question 7

traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Answer 7

holistic system of medicine and approach to health and healing originating in China approximately 4,000 years ago
- major treatments: acupuncture & use of herbs

Question 8

Tao

Answer 8

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”

Question 9

curanderismo

Answer 9

holistic system of healing practiced by Latin Americans

- blends spirituality & Western approaches to healing and health

Question 10

shaman

Answer 10

practitioners of folk medicine

• referred to as “medicine men”
• use range of herbs & rituals to cure

Question 11

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

Answer 11

a. designed to add to Western medicine

Question 12

Western biomedicine is also referred to as:

a. allopathy
b. homeopathy
c. Hellenistic
d. physiopathy

Answer 12

a. allopathy

Question 13

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

Answer 13

a. Mesopotamia

Question 14

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

Answer 14

a. William Harvey

Question 15

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

Answer 15

b. Latino

Question 16

The Mexican American folk healing system is referred to as:

a. mai de ojo
b. machismo
c. curanderismo
d. elchupacabra

Answer 16

c. curanderismo

Question 17

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

Answer 17

b. curanderismo

Question 18

One folk remedy common to American Indian, Mexican American, and traditional Chinese medicine is:

a. plants
b. needles
c. saunas
d. prayer

Answer 18

a. plants

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

a. Meridian channels energy through the body.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

b. treat spirits as metaphors