Internet Exercises


1			Anger and Illness in Northeast Brazil: read about life in Northeast Brazil. Visit: http://www.newint.org/issue209/hunger.htm What additional themes does Nancy Scheper-Hughes contribute to Rebhun's discussion of the luta of the poor of the region? What connections does Scheper-Hughes make between ravia, or rabies, and hunger by starvation? How does the experience of acute hunger affect personality and behavior? Is the author attempting to reduce the cultural assessment of illness through "nerves" into a strictly physiological issue? What is one important function of nervos as a social illness?




2			How do spirituality and medicine fit together?: Read more about growing trends in American medical centers. Visit: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/pastoral/pubs/doesitfit2.html How many medical schools around the country incorporate formal instruction in issues of spirituality into their curriculum? Who is Ciampa? How does Ciampa explain the need for spirituality in healing, besides particular religious issues? What insights does this article shed on the role of clinical trials on prayer?