ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Language Barrier, Chemotherapy, Paleopathology
27 Apr 2015
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Language barrier - miscommunication regarding chemotherapy: religious issues - use of pump. Loss of the x-ray: trust, respect: knowledge barrier - did not know cannot use certain methods, frustration - issues with communication, language, understanding options, family - doesn"t want to tell elder that they are sick. You are world famous medical anthropologist dr. smart e. pants. You are asked to provide suggestions for culturally appropriate medical interventions. Incorporate indigenous/cultural ideas about medicine and medical treatment. Major types of evidence: skeletal and dental pathology (skull) Example: hole, cut marks in skull -> surgery: mummies - soft tissue. Some diseases we can"t see on skeleton, but can on mummies through soft tissues. Smallpox, terburculousus, etc: principal sites of human mummies: egypt, japan, alaska, south-western u. s. , australia. Paleopathology: the study of disease and injury in the human skeleton (and sometimes mummies, specialization in the physical anthropology, paleopathology is reconstructed, establish presence of disease based on evidence from skeleton remains.
