Exam 19: Health and Medicine

Which of the following is a social cause of illness and death?

Between 1831 and 2018, what happened to the average age of death in Canada?

The release of the DSM-5 in 2013 did not see a noticeable increase in the number of mental disorders. According to the textbook, what may be the reason for this?

What was the leading cause of death in Canada in 1901?

Which of the following was the 10th leading cause of death in Canada in 1901, becoming the 1st leading cause of death in Canada in 2013?

What do we learn from the story of the Black Death as far as the sociology of health and medicine is concerned?

What are we referring to when we discuss the socioeconomic gradient in health?

In comparing Canada to other countries, what does research reveal about life expectancy?

List and explain the five principles of the 1984 Canada Health Act.

Explain and discuss the professionalization of medicine.

A group of health care professionals in a community all run their own private clinics, and would like the government to sell the local hospital to them. They claim they could run it more efficiently and make a profit. If they are successful, which of the following terms would best fit this scenario?

In Canada in 1831, what was the average age that people lived to?

What has happened recently with patient activism and what impact has it had so far on health care provision in Canada?

Doctor Brian Day is a physician who argues that the Canada Health Act violates the constitutional rights of Canadians by refusing patients access to private clinics. If the Supreme Court of Canada agrees with his position, what might be the outcome?

The medical model of health and illness (health is simply the absence of disease) translates to a health-care system that focuses heavily on the diagnosis and treatment of disease-some have labelled it a "sick care system." What reforms would you propose to transform and achieve a more "healthy" citizenry?

Definitions of many mental disorders depend not only on scientific evidence but also social values and political considerations.

Which of the following is most likely to intervene in issues such as drug addiction and alcoholism?

Lionel is tired of the medical establishment telling him what to do and not taking his medical problems seriously. He has done his research and notices that one particular alternative approach is the most widely used in Canada to treat symptoms like his. What is Lionel engaging in?

The first universal health care system in Canada originated in Manitoba.

According to the textbook, almost 75 percent of the people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lack access to which of the following?