Deck 21: D: Health and Medicine

Question 1

Poor health in low-income nations reflects which of the following factors?

A)the lack of safe drinking water
B)the lack of access to medical personnel
C)the lack of a nutritious diet
D)All of the above are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a chronic illness?

A)influenza
B)cancer
C)accidents
D)pneumonia

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The greatest cause of death among young people in North America today is which of the following?

A)cancer
B)stroke
C)accidents
D)kidney disease

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Ideas about health can serve as a type of social control,as illustrated by the notion that:

A)women would risk their health by going to college.
B)a competitive way of life is "healthy."
C)homosexuality is "sick," even though it is biologically natural.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following diseases is the biggest killer in today's high-income nations?

A)heart disease
B)influenza
C)pneumonia
D)cholera

Question 6

In North America,the majority of adults and about ______ of children are overweight.

A)¼
B)½
C)¾
D)7/8

Question 7

According to the World Health Organization,about how many of the world's people suffer from serious illness caused by poverty?

A)1 million
B)10 million
C)1 billion
D)10 billion

Question 8

During the early decades of the Industrial Revolution:

A)rapidly growing cities had poor sanitation.
B)factories fouled the air with smoke.
C)workplace accidents were common.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 9

After the Industrial Revolution,there was an increase in the share of deaths caused by which of the following types of diseases?

A)Influenza and pneumonia
B)Heart disease and cancer
C)Cholera and tuberculosis
D)Dementia and Alzheimer's

Question 10

Research shows that masculinity is linked to health because:

A)our culture's definition of masculinity encourages stress and heart disease.
B)men learn to be strong and avoid illness.
C)men avoid many of the lifestyle dangers common to women.
D)None of the above is correct.

Question 11

If you were to visit a low-income nation to study its high death rates,what would you suspect to be the most common causes of death?

A)cancer and heart disease
B)infectious diseases
C)accidents
D)old age

Question 12

Which of the following factors has a strong link to life expectancy?

A)race
B)gender
C)social class
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 13

Advancing medical technology has attacked infectious disease in poor countries with what result?

A)Almost nothing: This technology has had little effect.
B)Populations have increased rapidly.
C)Death rates have dropped to near zero.
D)Most children die earlier in life than ever before.

Question 14

Looking across the life course,which of the following statements is correct?

A)Women have a higher suicide rate than men.
B)Men have fewer accidents than women.
C)Women generally have better health than men.
D)Old people generally have better health than young people.

Question 15

Society shapes human health because:

A)cultural patterns define what is or is not healthy.
B)social inequality affects a population's health.
C)society's technology affects people's health.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 16

In the world's poorest nations today,most people die before reaching:

A)the age of twenty.
B)the age of thirty.
C)the age of fifty.
D)the age of seventy.

Question 17

In poor nations around the world,about what share of all children die before they reach their first birthday?

A)1 percent
B)10 percent
C)50 percent
D)90 percent

Question 18

In Western Europe and North America,scientists began to understand the causes of infectious diseases at about what point in history?

A)1700
B)1775
C)1850
D)1950

Question 19

Applying the sociological perspective,we see that the high rate of obesity in Canada reflects:

A)bad personal choices people make about their lives.
B)cultural forces that encourage people to eat large amounts of unhealthy fast food.
C)our long history as a nation of people with poor health.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 20

Social epidemiology is the study of:

A)the biological basis of disease.
B)the availability of doctors around the world.
C)the age at which people die.
D)the distribution of health and illness in a population.

Question 21

Read the following statements about health in Canada.Which of the statement is correct?

A)The children of rich families have the best health in the world.
B)Children in poor families are as vulnerable as children in some low-income nations.
C)High-income people assess their own health more positively than low-income people.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 22

The biggest eating relating problem in North America is:

A)anorexia nervosa
B)bulimia
C)compulsive dieting
D)obesity

Question 23

Gender is linked to all of the following except:

A)visits to the physician
B)major causes of death
C)susceptibility to viral infections
D)life expectancy

Question 24

Which of the following categories of people is especially likely to smoke cigarettes?

A)married people
B)divorced people
C)people with college degrees
D)people in the labour force

Question 25

Scientific medicine typically develops in:

A)pastoral societies.
B)agrarian societies.
C)industrial societies.
D)postindustrial societies.

Question 26

Upon infection,people with HIV:

A)display obvious symptoms.
B)get very sick right away.
C)display no symptoms at all.
D)get mildly sick from time to time.

Question 27

The rise of scientific medicine in Canada began about when?

A)1960,with advances in computer technology
B)1917,about the time of World War I
C)1890,as the rate immigration increased
D)1865,with the establishment of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration

Question 28

What percentage of those who have eating disorders are women?

A)25%
B)48%
C)93%
D)100%

Question 29

Which of the following is considered a behaviour placing people at high risk of HIV infection?

A)anal sex
B)sharing needles
C)using drugs that impair judgment
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 30

Which of the following is a factor contributing to widespread obesity in Canadian society?

A)fewer of today's jobs involve the physical labor common in the past
B)more work around the house is done by machines
C)the typical diet involves more both food and more salty and fatty food
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a poverty-related chronic disease that affects Aboriginal people in Canada?

A)obesity
B)asthma
C)diabetes
D)swine flu

Question 32

It is correct to say that the medical establishment in Canada is oriented towards which of the following?

A)holistic treatment
B)herbal healing
C)traditional healing arts
D)scientific medicine

Question 33

The concept "euthanasia" refers to:

A)assisting in the death of a person suffering from a terminal illness.
B)people's legal "right to die."
C)providing medical treatment to seriously ill people.
D)providing medical assistance to those who cannot afford it.

Question 34

Research shows that college women believe that:

A)physical looks are less important than "what's inside."
B)being thin is key to being attractive.
C)they are thinner than men would like them to be.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 35

The country in the world hit hardest by H1N1 is:

A)United States
B)Canada
C)Sweden
D)Mexico

Question 36

The greatest preventable cause of death in Canada is:

A)sexually transmitted diseases.
B)automobile accidents.
C)cigarette smoking.
D)drinking alcohol.

Question 37

The Canadian Medical Association was established in:

A)1776
B)1867
C)1914
D)there is no Canadian Medical Association

Question 38

An exception to the general decline of infectious diseases in the United States is the increase in ______ after 1960.

A)cancer
B)obesity
C)flu
D)sexually transmitted diseases

Question 39

Which sexually transmitted disease infects 45 million U.S.adults and adolescents (about one in five)?

A)syphilis
B)genital herpes
C)gonorrhea
D)AIDS

Question 40

Which of the following world regions is experiencing the most severe epidemic of AIDS?

A)Latin America
B)sub-Saharan Africa
C)the Middle East
D)eastern Asia

Question 41

Talcott Parsons described the physician-patient relationship as which of the following?

A)permanent
B)egalitarian
C)unpleasant
D)hierarchical

Question 42

A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes:

A)the meanings people attach to health and illness.
B)social inequality in terms of health.
C)how societies must excuse ill people from most responsibilities.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 43

Who was voted the "Greatest Canadian" for his role in bringing universal health care to Canada?

A)Pierre Elliott Trudeau
B)Sir John A.Macdonald
C)Emmett M Hall
D)Tommy Douglas

Question 44

From a social-conflict point of view,capitalism fails to support human health because:

A)it does not encourage development of new medical techniques and technologies.
B)physicians have little financial incentive to work.
C)it makes quality of care dependent on income.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 45

Of all high-income nations,which country relies the most on a direct-fee market system to pay for medical treatment?

A)Great Britain
B)Sweden
C)the United States
D)Japan

Question 46

In his structural-functional analysis,Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds to illness by:

A)punishing ill people.
B)withholding treatment to those who need it most.
C)using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of many daily responsibilities.
D)forcing people,sick or not,to perform important work.

Question 47

Following the social-conflict approach,patterns of health and illness are seen largely as a product of:

A)technology.
B)how people define the situation they experience.
C)how culture defines health and illness.
D)social inequality.

Question 48

Which of the following occupations is NOT noted in the text as among the most dangerous jobs in Canada?

A)farming
B)coal mining
C)truck driving
D)electrician

Question 49

In which of the following nations is almost all medical care under the control of government?

A)China
B)Great Britain
C)Japan
D)the United States

Question 50

Holistic medicine asserts that:

A)the most important task is treating symptoms of disease.
B)patients should rely on themselves-not just physicians-to ensure their health.
C)treatment of patients should be impersonal.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 51

Current research on human genetics promises to:

A)not just treat disease,but stop it before it develops.
B)give people information about their future medical condition.
C)allow parents to assess the health profile of a future child.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 52

The topic of psychosomatic disorders is of greatest interest to sociologists guided by which theoretical approach?

A)the structural-functional approach
B)the symbolic-interaction approach
C)the social-conflict approach
D)the sociobiological approach

Question 53

Which of the following is NOT true of Obama's plan for health care insurance in the United States?

A)Insurance companies can legally refuse to provide coverage to those with a pre-existing condition.
B)All families will pay an insurance tax.
C)Parents can use their health care plans to include children up to age 26.
D)Insurance companies cannot set caps on the amount of money they will pay to an individual for medical expenses over a lifetime.

Question 54

In North America,an important medical issue is:

A)a surplus of nurses.
B)a shortage of nurses.
C)the fact that many hospitals are going bankrupt.
D)doctors making less and less money.

Question 55

A criticism of Talcott Parsons' approach to health and medicine is that it:

A)says little about the issue of prevention.
B)places doctors rather than people in charge of health.
C)assumes sick people can afford to take time off from work.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 56

The concept "socialized medicine" refers to which of the following?

A)government insurance programs that pay for medical care
B)a medical system mostly owned and operated by the government
C)programs to improve health by giving people support groups
D)All of the following are correct.