Function of metaphors and symbols in Western biomedicine.

Function of metaphors and symbols in Western biomedicine.

Order Description

Choose one 1of the 3 questions listed below and write a high standard economic essay that accurately answer your chosen questions.
Questions
1) Drawing on at least two required readings from Weeks 5 -12, discuss and compare the role and function of metaphors and symbols in Western
biomedicine.

2) Examine the relationship between structural violence and poor health?
Discuss with reference to at least two ethnographic examples from the
required readings.

3) According to Desmond Manderson (1995)*, illicit drugs are used as
symbolic scapegoats that mask social anxieties, fears and conflicts as if
drugs were the real cause of these problems. Illustrate what he means by
this with reference to at least two examples from the unit material.