Please choose three out of the six questions below and answer them using Microsoft Word (or text) document file format. Each question should be approximately two pages long (single-spaced, 12-pt standard font—i.e., Times New Roman), in essay style, with an introduction, discussion, and a conclusion. Your assignment must also include citations and a reference list of all the readings and sources cited in your answers to the questions. Your reference style within the body of the paper and in the reference list must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) format.
Note: Your assignment must be submitted online through the designated Assignment Drop Box.
1. What factors influence the interactions between patients and biomedical physicians? Explain how “cultural competence” can contribute to this interaction. Please use examples from your readings to answer this question.
2. What is medical pluralism? Outline the potential challenges and benefits to implementing a system of medical pluralism in Canada.
3. Examine HIV/AIDS from a critical political-economic perspective.
4. Describe the impact of development projects such as irrigation systems on the health of local populations. Use examples from your readings.
5. Societies are becoming less equal because of modernization, globalization, neo-liberalism, and democratization. How might a medical anthropologist explain that social inequality is harmful to people’s health and wellbeing? What measures could help reduce inequities in health?
6. What is a “health indicator?” Explain the major determinants of health among Aboriginal peoples of Canada today, and discuss how and why the health of Aboriginal people has changed since their first European contact.
