MMC: Myths on Medicine within Cultures

Guadalupe Olivares & Arcelia Morales

1. Well first of all let us tell you to start early! Luckily we started early and even then we were over whelmed with all the research papers, finals, and work that needs to get done before the quarter is over. Overall the researcher paper was not as bad as we thought it was going to be because at the beginning of the quarter the research paper seems confusing and hard but its not your regular research paper so its kinda easier. A good thing to do is to start thinking about your topic early and do some research because sometimes it turns out to be that the topic you have chosen does not have a lot of information.

2. Our Topic was on Myths on Medicine within different cultures. our research question was, "Why have the beliefs of medicine changed over time within different cultures?"  Once we did our research we ended up finding out that within cultures myths on medicine do not really change but instead as passed on and still practiced today. So you can also start of with one question but end up finding something else that changes your research question. These are some sources we used: 

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Rekdal, Ole Bjorn. "Cross-Cultural Healing in East African Ethnography." Medical Anthropology Quarterly 13.4 (1999): 458-82. JSTOR. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://www.jstor.org.mimas.calstatela.edu>

"Rhinoceros Rhino Horn Use: Fact vs. Fiction." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 5 May 2013.

Vellenga, Sipco J. "Journal of Religion and Health." Longing for Health. A Practice of Religious Healing and Biomedicine Compared 3rd ser. 47 (2008): 329. JSTOR. Web. 2 May 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/40344448>.

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