Deck 19: Health and Medicine

Question 1

Which of the following would a social epidemiologist be likely to study:

A)The effects of redistricting on a local election
B)The prevalence of crime surrounding John Hopkins hospital
C)The use of cough medicine as a recreational drug for suburban teens
D)The high cancer rates surrounding a large manufacturing plant in New Mexico

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Sheryl was diagnosed with bipolarity when she was a teenager.She's hesitant to tell her friends, and tries her best to hide her diagnosis from her coaches, teachers, and employers, since she's seen other people with the illness be discriminated against on account of it.Bipolarity is an example of an):

A)Untreatable illness
B)Stigmatized illness'
C)Withdrawn illness
D)Contested illness

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following was not among the United Nations eight Millennium Development Goals set in 2000?

A)Reduce child mortality
B)Improve maternal health
C)Decrease obesity
D)Fight HIV/AIDS

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Taylor works as a legal assistant.His insurance doesn't cover treatment for depression, and he spends 15% of his income each month to receive care.This is an example of

A)An individual mandate
B)Universal healthcare
C)Underinsurance
D)Public insurance

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a result of the commodification of health care?

A)The wealthy having greater access to healthcare
B)Poorer members of society experiencing illness caused by poor diet
C)HIV spreading across the United States at a rapid rate in the 1980's
D)Spousal benefits being frequently denied to gay and lesbian couples

Question 6

In recent years, a great compulsion to engage in frequent and risky sexual behaviors was deemed sexual addiction.This is an example of:

A)Individualized deviance
B)Deviant qualification
C)Commodification of health care
D)Medicalization of deviance

Question 7

The United States healthcare system consists of:

A)Socialized medicine
B)Public and private insurance coverage
C)Global healthcare
D)Private insurance coverage only

Question 8

Which sociological perspective argues that sick people fill a societal role, and are stigmatized by society if they spend longer in that role than is appropriate?

A)Conflict theory
B)Feminist
C)Symbolic interactionism
D)Functionalism

Question 9

Obesity is rising at the fastest rate in which of the following countries?

A)High income
B)Middle income
C)Low income
D)All are rising at high rates

Question 10

When a number of young, gay men in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles began dying of a mysterious disease in the early 1980's, the public began referring to the disease as "the gay cancer," stigmatizing the disease for doctors and patients.This is an example of:

A)The medicalization of deviance
B)The social construction of the illness experience
C)The decriminalization of HIV
D)The cultural meaning of illness

Question 11

Which of the following best defines the concept of "The Sick Role"?

A)The pattern of expectations that define appropriate behavior for the sick and for those who take care of them
B)The social sanctions faced by a person who claims to be sick for too long
C)The discriminatory practices used by corporations when an employee takes sick leave
D)An illnesses that is questioned or considered questionable by some medical professionals

Question 12

Medical sociology is the systematic study of:

A)The causes and distribution of diseases
B)Doctor/Patient relationships among ill and healthy patients
C)The rate at which social diseases spread amongst varying socioeconomic populations
D)How humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and health care for both the sick and the healthy

Question 13

Dana's lives in a country which guarantees healthcare for all of its citizens.Dana lives in a country which uses:

A)Globalization healthcare
B)Optimization healthcare
C)Market-driven healthcare
D)Universal healthcare

Question 14

Until 1973 homosexuality was considered a psychological disorder American Psychological Association.Which sociological perspective would be most concerned with why this was considered an illness, and what effect that diagnosis had on society?

A)Exchange theory
B)Functionalist
C)Feminist
D)Symbolic interactionist

Question 15

Shane believes that the commodification of health has created a large number of problems within the United States.From which sociological perspective does this come from?

A)Conflict theory
B)Functionalist
C)Feminist
D)Symbolic interactionist

Question 16

Epidemiology is:

A)The study of how people manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorder, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy
B)The study of the social process that normalizes "sick" behavior
C)The study of the process that changes "bad" behavior into "sick" behavior
D)The study of the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of legitimation?

A)Rihanna pretending to be ill so she can miss her chemistry exam
B)Marley's doctor diagnosing him with bronchitis
C)Kelsey buying Clariton to medicate her allergies
D)Chuck giving Damion the flu after sharing a soda

Question 18

Drake lives in Great Britain, where the British government owns and operates the country's health care system.This is an example of ____:

A)Socialized medicine
B)Limited healthcare
C)Private healthcare
D)Individual mandates

Question 19

What sociologist pioneered the concept of "The Sick Role"?

A)Howard Becker
B)Stuart Hall
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Pierre Bourdieu

Question 20

What is one of the largest contributors to health problems in low-income countries?

A)Veganism
B)Clean water access
C)High caloric diets
D)Sterilization