An example of the interpretivist approach in medical anthropology is __________

A) assessment of the impact of disease during colonial contact
B) studying how hookworm is related to wet rice cultivation in Asia
C) showing how a song sung by a shaman might help a woman through a difficult birth
D) revealing the role poverty plays in disease


Answer: C

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