Exam 19: Medicine and Health

The area of the world most devastated by the AIDS virus is ________.

According to symbolic interactionists, how did physicians in the United States work to eliminate midwives from assisting in childbirth?

When Donna visits her doctor she receives diagnosis, treatment, or other services and pays the receptionist with cash when she leaves the office. By doing so, she gets a nice discount from the doctor. Such an arrangement is referred to as a ________ program.

What are the three components of health as identified by international health experts and the fourth that has been identified by the author?

Parents and physicians are the primary gatekeepers to the sick role.

What is the medicalization of society?

What was the contribution Talcott Parsons made as a sociologist to the understanding of health and medicine?

Physicians do not take women's health complaints as seriously as they do the complaints of men.

In what ways have physicians used a checklist to help lower the percentage of patient deaths?

Some doctors have cut medical costs by meeting several patients who share the same condition, such as pregnancy, at the same time. This method of treatment is called ________.

Since 1997, Oregon and Washington are the only U.S. states where doctors can legally write prescriptions to assist terminally ill patients take their own life.

From a functionalist perspective, what are the four elements of the sick role?

The perception of health varies considerably among societies of the world. The definition of what constitutes health and illness is most defined by which of the following variables?

Discuss the similarities and differences between a conflict of interest in medicine and medical fraud.

Health and illness are medical absolutes.

Who are the primary gatekeepers of the sick role?

What were some elements of the priesthood of medicine that led to a monopolizing of the medical profession by physicians?

Match the term with the definition. 1) shaman 2) health 3) sick role 4) epidemiology 5) defensive medicine 6) adverse event 7) depersonalization 8) medicalization 9) active euthanasia 10) passive euthanasia 11) dumping 12) group care 13) disabling environment 14) greenhouse effect 15) alternative medicine -A) a human condition measured by four components: physical, mental, social, and spiritual B) the study of disease and disability patterns in a population C) the transformation of a human condition into a matter to be treated by physicians D) an environment that is harmful to health E) the practice of sending unprofitable patients to public hospitals F) intentionally ending a patient's life, usually through the injection of a lethal overdose of drugs G) a method of medical practice where physicians meet with several patients at the same time with similar medical conditions H) a spiritual intermediary or a healing specialist in some tribal societies I) medical practices not done for the patient's benefit but in order to protect a physician from a malpractice suit J) a warming of the earth that may change the globe's climate directly contributing to a disabling environment K) ending a patient's life through the removal of life support systems L) dealing with people as though they were objects M) a social role that excuses people from normal obligations because they are sick or injured while at the same time expecting them to seek competent help and cooperate in getting well N) an innocuous term for needless deaths caused by medical incompetence O) medical treatment other than that of standard Western medicine

Disease and death are as much social indicators as they are biological events.

The text describes the professionalization of medicine largely as dysfunctional, and a way to monopolize medical care. In what ways was professionalization functional for society?