Question 1

Physician incompetence has been virtually eliminated in modern Western medicine, due in part to the extensiveness of diagnostic testing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following jobs is most related to the concept of disabling environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  insurance salesman 
B)  high school teacher 
C)  convenience store clerk 
D)  lumberjack 
A)  insurance salesman 
B)  high school teacher 
C)  convenience store clerk 
D)  lumberjack

Question 3

What is the relationship between industrialization and life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is an indirect relationship. 
B)  It is a direct relationship. 
C)  It is a null relationship. 
D)  It is a spurious relationship. 
A)  It is an indirect relationship. 
B)  It is a direct relationship. 
C)  It is a null relationship. 
D)  It is a spurious relationship.

Question 4

What is the impact of industrialization on life expectancy between people in the industrialized world and people living in Least Industrialized Nations, such as Afghanistan?

Accepted Answer

Most people in the industriali

Question 5

What is the relationship sociologists have discovered when examining mental health problems and social class?

Accepted Answer

A)  a positive correlation 
B)  an inverse correlation 
C)  no relationship 
D)  a spurious relationship 
A)  a positive correlation 
B)  an inverse correlation 
C)  no relationship 
D)  a spurious relationship

Question 6

To reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by medical incompetence, what was the recommendation of the Institute of Medicine?

Accepted Answer

A)  socializing medicine and placing it under government control 
B)  establishing a Federal Center for Patient Safety to investigate these cases 
C)  computerizing medical care, including all prescriptions 
D)  assigning two physicians to each patient, one to check the diagnosis of the other 
A)  socializing medicine and placing it under government control 
B)  establishing a Federal Center for Patient Safety to investigate these cases 
C)  computerizing medical care, including all prescriptions 
D)  assigning two physicians to each patient, one to check the diagnosis of the other

Question 7

What is the fee-for-service approach to medicine and what is its consequence?

Accepted Answer

Fee-for-service refers to payment to a p

Question 8

The concepts of health and illness vary from culture to culture and in a pluralistic society, from group to group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In the 1800s, what was the popular medical explanation for the cause of sickness?

Accepted Answer

A)  bacterial infection 
B)  bad fluids 
C)  demonology 
D)  environmental toxins 
A)  bacterial infection 
B)  bad fluids 
C)  demonology 
D)  environmental toxins

Question 10

Dr. Jeckyl has a patient who is terminally ill and in great pain. In order to relieve him of needless suffering, Dr. Jeckyl injected him with a lethal dose of morphine that will make it look like the patient slipped away. What is this process called?

Accepted Answer

A)  the medicalization of death 
B)  the criminalization of medicine 
C)  passive euthanasia 
D)  active euthanasia 
A)  the medicalization of death 
B)  the criminalization of medicine 
C)  passive euthanasia 
D)  active euthanasia

Question 11

Polarity feedback, biotherapy, and other types of alternative medicine have proven to be ineffective in treating patients of Western culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Briefly explain from the conflict and symbolic interactionist perspectives, how physicians were able to eliminate midwives as business competitors.

Accepted Answer

Although symbolic interactionists acknow

Question 13

Because the sociology of medicine focuses on how cultural beliefs, lifestyle and social class influence health and illness, the sociology of medicine is a(n) ________ field of sociology.

Accepted Answer

A)  applied 
B)  biological 
C)  clinical 
D)  theoretical 
A)  applied 
B)  biological 
C)  clinical 
D)  theoretical

Question 14

In what year did death from AIDS peak in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  1995 
B)  1981 
C)  1989 
D)  2000 
A)  1995 
B)  1981 
C)  1989 
D)  2000

Question 15

Discuss the effects of global stratification on health care using the conflict perspective.

Accepted Answer

Nations in the world are stratified acco

Question 16

Medical specialists, medial equipment corporations, and pharmaceutical companies have all been associated with ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  blue collar crimes 
B)  medical hazards 
C)  white-collar crimes 
D)  medical misdemeanors 
A)  blue collar crimes 
B)  medical hazards 
C)  white-collar crimes 
D)  medical misdemeanors

Question 17

Cancer is one of the top two leading causes of death in the United States today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is not a likely outcome of the Affordable Care Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  People with higher incomes will receive higher quality healthcare. 
B)  Inequality in medical care will be eliminated. 
C)  The poor will continue to suffer from more health problems and die at a younger age. 
D)  Congress will maintain its luxurious, government-paid medical care. 
A)  People with higher incomes will receive higher quality healthcare. 
B)  Inequality in medical care will be eliminated. 
C)  The poor will continue to suffer from more health problems and die at a younger age. 
D)  Congress will maintain its luxurious, government-paid medical care.

Question 19

How are the views of functionalists and conflict theorists similar and different regarding health and medicine?

Accepted Answer

Functionalists believe good health is re

Question 20

From a medical perspective, what is the "passport" carried by residents of Holland?

Accepted Answer

The "passport" is a living wil

Exam 19: Medicine and Health

Physician incompetence has been virtually eliminated in modern Western medicine, due in part to the extensiveness of diagnostic testing.

Which of the following jobs is most related to the concept of disabling environment?

What is the relationship between industrialization and life expectancy?

What is the impact of industrialization on life expectancy between people in the industrialized world and people living in Least Industrialized Nations, such as Afghanistan?

What is the relationship sociologists have discovered when examining mental health problems and social class?

To reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by medical incompetence, what was the recommendation of the Institute of Medicine?

What is the fee-for-service approach to medicine and what is its consequence?

The concepts of health and illness vary from culture to culture and in a pluralistic society, from group to group.

In the 1800s, what was the popular medical explanation for the cause of sickness?

Dr. Jeckyl has a patient who is terminally ill and in great pain. In order to relieve him of needless suffering, Dr. Jeckyl injected him with a lethal dose of morphine that will make it look like the patient slipped away. What is this process called?

Polarity feedback, biotherapy, and other types of alternative medicine have proven to be ineffective in treating patients of Western culture.

Briefly explain from the conflict and symbolic interactionist perspectives, how physicians were able to eliminate midwives as business competitors.

Because the sociology of medicine focuses on how cultural beliefs, lifestyle and social class influence health and illness, the sociology of medicine is a(n) ________ field of sociology.

In what year did death from AIDS peak in the United States?

Discuss the effects of global stratification on health care using the conflict perspective.

Medical specialists, medial equipment corporations, and pharmaceutical companies have all been associated with ________.

Cancer is one of the top two leading causes of death in the United States today.

Which of the following is not a likely outcome of the Affordable Care Act?

How are the views of functionalists and conflict theorists similar and different regarding health and medicine?

From a medical perspective, what is the "passport" carried by residents of Holland?

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