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Question 1:

On which of the following beliefs is medical sociology based?
a) Medical practices are intensely social
b) Medical beliefs are intensely social
c) Medical beliefs are intensely psycho-social
d) Both A and B

Question 2:

Which of the following theorists first developed the concept of the "sick (or patient) role"?
a) Talcott Parsons
b) Émile Durkheim
c) Karl Marx
d) Nellie McClung

Question 3:

Biomedicine is characterized by which of the following?
a) It is the application of the standard principles and practices of Western scientific disciplines in the treatment of symptoms of illness
b) It utilizes physical tests to find physical entities
c) It applies physical medicines and therapies
d) All of the above

Question 4:

Which of the following is an example of alternative medicine?
a) Taking a yoga class
b) An innovative surgical procedure
c) Taking Tylenol for a headache
d) Both B and C

Question 5:

Which perspective fails to understand that there are numerous unique approaches to interpreting medicine within a culture?
a) Reductionist
b) Absolutist
c) Bio-cultural
d) Medicalist

Question 6:

Which of the following processes does medicalization entail?
a) A process wherein certain behaviours or conditions are defined as medical problems, rather than social problems
b) A process that focuses on alternative medicine
c) A highly controversial process of hiring doctors and nurses
d) A process where the sick person must go to the appropriate professional to try to get well again

Question 7:

Which of the following statements defines Quebec's health and medical system, as compared to that in Ontario?
a) The number of female medical students is greater in Quebec.
b) The relative number of male nurses is smaller in Quebec.
c) The cost of tuition fees for medical students is greater in Quebec.
d) All of the above

Question 8:

Which of the following are women doctors less likely to do, compared to their male colleagues?
a) Become surgeons
b) Be sued for malpractice
c) Join professional organizations
d) All of the above

Question 9:

A doctor acts as though he is personally responsible for the birth of each baby that is born with his consultation. He even has pictures of all the infants, posed with him, under a banner that says "my babies," ignoring the mothers' roles in the birthing process. According to Ivan Illich, what may be taking place here?
a) Medicalization
b) Social iatrogenesis
c) Cultural iatrogenesis
d) Clinical iatrogenesis

Question 10:

On a particular First Nations reservation in Canada, there is a high infant mortality rate, and high rates of tuberculosis, violence, and addiction while in the closest well-off suburb, none of these issues are problematic. The reservation has one doctor who flies in by float plane once every month while the suburb has several practising doctors, a small private hospital, two walk-in clinics, and a public trauma centre. What would Dr Julian Tudor Hart call this situation?
a) The professional caring stream
b) A cultural syndrome
c) The inverse care law
d) Iatrogenesis

Question 11:

Sociological factors will influence the treatment you receive from your doctor.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 12:

The person engaged in the sick role should expect to be "taken care of" rather than having to take care of her/himself.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 13:

Alternative medicine is an approach to treatment that is outside of the mainstream, while complementary medicine is the dominant practice.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 14:

Cultural syndromes were constructed to psychologize the problems brought on by Western colonial control.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 15:

Post-traumatic stress disorder is often medicalized.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 16:

When an immigrant doctor arrives in Canada and settles in Toronto, today he or she does not have to be assessed and is able to apply for jobs straightaway.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 17:

Diseases are rarely racialized.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 18:

From 1997–1998 to 2000–2001, medical students in British Columbia had the greatest tuition fee hike in Canada.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 19:

Psychoneuroimmunology refers to the study of the effect of the mind on health and the resistance to disease.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 20:

Government agencies and health professionals medicalize disorders that can be traced to environmental and social factors.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Higher Education

Foundations of Sociology: Chapter 18