Question

Folk healers are considered part of the professional health care sector.

True

False

Which best describes the future of medical anthropology as predicted by Joralemon?

		It is becoming less necessary as more medical professional become cultural competent.
		It is declining as more countries turn to biomedicine.
		It is becoming more important to an increasing number of countries worldwide due to the insights it gives in politics, academia, and public health discourse.
		It is becoming more exclusive since fewer schools are offering it as a major. Medical ethics and bioethics refer to the same thing. True False

Answer 1

1) Folk healers are considered part of the professional health sector.

The statement is False.

True Explaination:-

Folk sector of health includes sacred and secular healers not part of professional medical system( midwives, bone setters). Their selection and training may be through inheritance ( born into a family of healers).

2) Option ( C) is correct.

It is becoming more important to an increasing number of countries worldwide due to the insights it gives in politics, academia and public health discourse.

Explaination :-

The future is bright for medical anthropology, both because it is gaining a foothold in an increasing number of countries around the world and because its insight are slowly penetrating into the academia, political and public discourse about health.

3) Medical ethics and bioethics refers to the same thing.

The statement is False.

True Explaination :-

Medical ethics tends to be understood narrowly as an applied professional ethics; whereas bioethics has a more expansive application, touching upon the philosophy of science and issues of biotechnology. Biothics