ANTC61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Field Report, Neurology, Sex Assignment
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Short (2/3 sentences), medium (2/3 paragraphs; lectures + readings), long (knowledge of material + analysis) Primary caregivers (mothers) - rely on mothers to determine whether to go to hospital, comforting, etc. (gender, therapy management, responsibilities); ex. Stigma and illness - injury/accident made people feel shy, awkward, embarrassed (article on stigma and leprosy - bartlett will be posted) Health and privilege - in terms of global health ca"s better off than rest of the world e. g. no typhoid, measles, hiv, tb but injuries from sports, cavities, car accidents not things that happen in poorer places. Witnessing medical encounters - emotions during the encounters; hard to translate ideas. *can refuse to become a healer b/ b/f becoming a healer: given a test if they survive than they can become a healer, if they die, they die. Most medical students grad. young (other places become healers 40-50); hereditary in the sense that there are families of doctors.
