Deck 4: Health Professions Health Policy in Canada

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors identified as responsible for the deprofessionalization thesis of Canadian physicians?

A) The bureaucratization of medical practice.
B) An increasing consumerist environment.
C) The narrowing of the education gap between physicians and clients.
D) The increasing use of internet-based knowledge in medical encounters.

Answer 1

The bureaucratization of medical practice.

Question 2

The first nursing school in British North America subsequently Canada) was established in 1874 in which city?

A) Montreal
B) Toronto
C) Quebec City
D) St. Catharines

Answer 2

St. Catharines

Question 3

David Coburn argues that there is not enough evidence to support the proletarianization thesis of the medical profession in Canada.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What profession listed below would be an example of a limited medical profession?

A) Chiropractic
B) Pharmacy
C) Naturopathy
D) Nursing

Question 5

The two components of closure identified by Parkin 1979) include:

A) Establishing a training school and political agitation
B) Exclusion and usurpation
C) Monopolization and subordination
D) Power struggles and professionalization

Question 6

The trait approach to defining a profession differs from a functionalist approach on which of the following factors?

A) The defined ethical conduct of the professionals.
B) The taxonomic approach to the development of a profession.
C) The central values associated with the professional in their everyday practice.
D) The proletarianization of physicians under the capitalist model of production.

Question 7

According to the text, what is one of the key factors that differentiate a profession from an occupation?

A) Advanced knowledge
B) Payment for services
C) Prestige
D) Length of time in the position

Question 8

One of the principal critiques of the neo-Weberian theories of professionals and closure by neo-Marxist scholars is their inability to:

A) Properly position individual medical professions within a hierarchy of medical professions.
B) Explain professions in relation to functional and trait theories.
C) Link closure to the technical skills of professions within the marketplace.
D) Explain how exclusion is obtained through legal enforcement.

Question 9

Power directed upwards to attempt to improve the position of a subordinate group at the expense of a more dominant group is called:

A) Usurpation
B) Professionalization
C) Exclusion
D) Dominance realignment

Question 10

What profession listed below would be an example of a subordinate medical profession?

A) Chiropractic
B) Pharmacy
C) Naturopathy
D) Nursing

Question 11

According to the Canadian Medical Association, by 2018 the total number of Canadians without a family physician could exceed:

A) 5 million
B) 10 million
C) 15 million
D) 20 million

Question 12

One of the principal critiques of the neo-Weberian theories of professionals and closure by neo-Marxist scholars is their inability to properly position individual medical professions within a hierarchy of medical professions.

Question 13

Which of the following is espoused to be one of the principal benefits of medical professions to capitalism according to the neo-Marxist perspective?

A) Medical professions act on behalf of the dominant class by obscuring or excluding the social causes of illness masking the economic patterns of activity and inequality that damage health.
B) Medical professions are powerful occupations with an ability to control a particular field of work by monopolizing a legitimate knowledge base.
C) Medical professions and professional status provide the general public with the perception that everyone has a chance to succeed and elevate their social and economic position within a neo-liberal society.
D) Professions allow for the monopolization of opportunities by social groups in order to maximize their own rewards and privileges by limiting access to others.

Question 14

The basic principle of neo-Weberian explanations of professionalization is based on:

A) Knowledge
B) Power
C) Exclusion
D) Capital

Question 15

What profession listed below would be an example of an excluded medical profession?

A) Chiropractic
B) Pharmacy
C) Naturopathy
D) Nursing

Question 16

Historically, midwifery has been an example of which type of profession?

A) Subordinate
B) Excluded
C) Limited
D) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT a component of physicians achieving medical dominance in health care?

A) Control over governmental legislative powers.
B) Control over the context of medical work.
C) Self-regulation over the content of medical work.
D) Control over other health professions.

Question 18

Over time, midwifery has been an example of which type of profession?

A) Subordinate
B) Excluded
C) Limited
D) Dominant

Question 19

Control and monopolization of an occupation is referred to as:

A) Self-regulation
B) Closure theory
C) Professionalization
D) Professional dominance

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a problem identified and studied in the area of health human resource HHR) policy?

A) Supply of health care workers
B) Geographic distribution of health care workers
C) Mix of health care workers
D) Ethnic diversity of health care workers

Question 21

Define what is meant by subordinated, excluded, and limited professions and provide an example of each type.

Question 22

Canada is experiencing shortages of physician specialists in which of the following specialties?

A) Emergency Medicine
B) Psychiatry
C) Obstetrics
D) All of the above

Question 23

Which is the top source country of health care internationally education health care providers for Canada?

A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) India
D) Philippines