Exam 19: Health and Medicine

Professionalization is the process by which members lose control of their occupation to other agencies.

Canada remains one of the few industrialized countries without a national drug plan. Although many Canadian workers and their spouses and dependants are covered by private drug insurance plans, many more workers do not get drug coverage through their jobs. Do you think that Canada should extend its health-care coverage to include prescription drugs? Why or why not? Substantiate your position by making connections to chapter material and concepts.

Explain why lower socioeconomic groups in Canada have higher mortality rates.

Which of the following has recently posed major challenges to the monopoly of traditional medical science?

Sara's baby boy died when he was nine months old. What does his death contribute to in Canada?

As discussed in the textbook, what are some of the complex variables associated with health and wellness?

Canada's health-care system presently provides coverage for prescription drugs.

Currently, anxiety disorders affect approximately what percentage of the population?

Canada is one of the few countries in the world with a true system of socialized medicine.

According to the textbook, which of the following nations currently has the longest life expectancy in the world?

Even among people who have the same access to medical resources, people of higher social rank and prestige tend to live healthier lives. Why is this so?

Discuss how "normal" aspects of life, such as birth, aging, and sexual development, have become medicalized in the twentieth century. What role did professionalization play in this development?

Americans spend almost twice as much per person on health care as in Canada, yet life expectancy in the United States is less than that of Canada. Which of the following would account for the fact that Americans are not as healthy as Canadians?

What is the term for the shift from a society characterized by a low life expectancy and parasitic and infectious diseases to one characterized by high life expectancy and chronic and degenerative diseases?

Which of the following is most likely to subscribe to the belief that having a positive outlook on life will help prevent illness and also help treat it effectively?

According to the textbook, which of the following nations spends the largest proportion of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care?

In 1974, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) confirmed that homosexuality is a psychiatric disorder.

Which of the following situations is privatized health care believed to cause?

Shannon is an emergency room doctor at a Vancouver hospital. What type of system is Shannon part of?

Evidence suggests that rich countries that spend more on health care achieve lower infant mortality rates and higher life expectancy.