This quote from the text incapsulates the interconnection between religion and Ecuador's IVF practices. Rather then being separate as North American views do, Ecuadorian practices are heavily reliant on religionand are what make them meaningful. Understanding these rituals as constitutive, rather than symbolic, shifts how we understand religious practice in clinical environments — not as superstition or add-on, but as essential, worthwhile part of the work of making and knowing life.

I find this passage by Lisa Power very Western minded viewed. Although people who are in the LGBTQ in non Western countries such as in Arab countries may alight with Western views, it is not right to say criticize a whole culture. It seems very ignorant to assume this without fully understanding all the major factors. It seems strange to try to assume how the people feel and say a major statement that these countries have a major level of homosexuality when they might not classify themselves as that.

The common misconception of the veils being a sign of oppression is clearly highlighted in this statement. This degrades the idea of these women having identity, religious beliefs, and personal choice and unfortunately has been used as a political talking point to degrade the religion of Islam. Women in Western countries such as the United States must understand and be mindful of the major cultural differences. This often ignores the real problems women of muslim areas must go through unfortunetly.

In many voter's eyes Trump was set out as the big bad guy. This was done as a tactic by the democratic party, but sometimes it did more harm than good. Trump was able to gain and influence many of the voters by this as he was treated very unfairly. I find this very interesting that in the pursit of trying to take someone down, they are supported more in some cases. This allowed voters such as Candace to see him in a new light and give their vote to him.

This passage truly highlights the major shift from r and d to m and a in the pharmaceutical industry. failing in the medical field is bound to happen and in pharmacy that is no different. The immense pressure to create a drug to help people often causes them to switch to m and a. By shifting to a m and a format, less jobs are available and new drugs will less likely be made. Patents protect these companies and they are able to make massive profits with no risk. This is very negative to the consumers who need the drugs.

I found this comment from Dr.Rose very alarming. The generalization of many groups she listed before hand, such as Hispanic and Bangladeshi, and creating a label on these groups causes a change in the way people will treat them. As a teacher to her medical students, she should keep bias and stereotypes away from the medical field so all patients get equal treatment. This can be very harmful as patients trying to receive treatment of a certain minority will get grouped with people of their own race.

It is very surprising that medical team do not use all their tools such as Chinese medicine that could potentially help patients with their problems. If they are able to help I believe they should try in all their power to help the said patient. This make it seems that Western culture looks down upon other cultures and believes they are superior.

In many cases, people are mass consuming these drugs when their problem is not apparent, the are only at "risk." Because the doctor believes they are at risk, they must take a drug for the rest of their life. It is easy to understand why and how big pharma companies grow and grow based off the greed and money from their consumers. This is a major problem that needs to be resolved as people are taking drugs they don't need sometimes and getting their money taken. Rather then addressing the root problem of the illness, they address the risk. This draws the question of if the medical system and big pharmaceutical companies are really there to help the American people or just to get your money and profit. This creates a major mistrust in American healthcare.

In the United States and many other developed countries people take for granted the accessibility to quality health care. In many countries around the world this is extremely rare, such as in this case in Belem do Nordeste. Most of the medical personnel are not qualified enough to provide the proper care due to the lack of education. Because of this many patients are not getting treated properly which leads to a decreased healthy life. Reflecting on the experiences many impoverished communities suffer from, I am extremely grateful to have to healthcare tools in my area.

It is very interesting to see the difference in the past and present ethnographers and their different approaches to exploring a culture. I think that both inductive and deductive approaches both have meaningful benefits. Having an inductive approach allowed researchers to take in and experience cultures first hand. With the use of the more modern deductive approach, researchers are able to understand and have a deeper understanding before entering the culture. A question I have is if the recent deductive approach carries more bias as they have more understand of the culture and could make more assumptions of its people?