Question 1

Medicare

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A) serves people under the age of fifty. 
B) does not cover the totally and permanently disabled. 
C) is part of the Social Security system and serves people sixty-five and older. 
D) serves only poor people. 
A) serves people under the age of fifty. 
B) does not cover the totally and permanently disabled. 
C) is part of the Social Security system and serves people sixty-five and older. 
D) serves only poor people.

Question 2

When it comes to the health of the overall population, in comparison with most other high-income nations, the United States ranks

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A) lower. 
B) about the same. 
C) somewhat higher. 
D) much higher. 
A) lower. 
B) about the same. 
C) somewhat higher. 
D) much higher.

Question 3

Canada has what type of health care system?

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A) There is a market-based fee-for-service system. 
B) There is a private care system. 
C) The government operates like a large insurance company, paying physicians and hospitals from tax revenues. 
D) The government requires people to obtain health care from employers. 
A) There is a market-based fee-for-service system. 
B) There is a private care system. 
C) The government operates like a large insurance company, paying physicians and hospitals from tax revenues. 
D) The government requires people to obtain health care from employers.

Question 4

Most mental disorders have

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A) a clear biological cause. 
B) a clear social cause. 
C) many causes, both biological and social. 
D) no cause at all. 
A) a clear biological cause. 
B) a clear social cause. 
C) many causes, both biological and social. 
D) no cause at all.

Question 5

Anorexia nervosa

Accepted Answer

A) is a form of compulsive dieting leading people to eat too little to maintain a healthy body weight. 
B) is a personality disorder involve acute anxiety attacks. 
C) is an illness that affects mostly men over the age of fifty. 
D) is a treatment used in cases of mental illness. 
A) is a form of compulsive dieting leading people to eat too little to maintain a healthy body weight. 
B) is a personality disorder involve acute anxiety attacks. 
C) is an illness that affects mostly men over the age of fifty. 
D) is a treatment used in cases of mental illness.

Question 6

Which of the following terms refers to a medical care system in which the government owns and operates most medical facilities and employs most physicians?

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A) health maintenance organization (HMO) 
B) socialized medicine 
C) private fee system 
D) capitalist medicine 
A) health maintenance organization (HMO) 
B) socialized medicine 
C) private fee system 
D) capitalist medicine

Question 7

What concept refers to private insurance organizations that provide medical care to subscribers for a fixed fee?

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A) preferred providers 
B) single-payers 
C) health maintenance organizations (HMOs) 
D) direct-payers 
A) preferred providers 
B) single-payers 
C) health maintenance organizations (HMOs) 
D) direct-payers

Question 8

Social epidemiology is the study of

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A) how contaminated foodstuffs, such as peanut butter that contains salmonella, are distributed throughout the country. 
B) the social effects of rapid technological change, such as the Internet or automobile. 
C) the spread of social phenomena, such as poverty, teen pregnancy, or crime, through a society's population. 
D) how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population. 
A) how contaminated foodstuffs, such as peanut butter that contains salmonella, are distributed throughout the country. 
B) the social effects of rapid technological change, such as the Internet or automobile. 
C) the spread of social phenomena, such as poverty, teen pregnancy, or crime, through a society's population. 
D) how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population.

Question 9

Which theoretical approach links patterns of health to inequality based on gender?

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A) symbolic interaction 
B) structural functional 
C) social conflict 
D) feminist 
A) symbolic interaction 
B) structural functional 
C) social conflict 
D) feminist

Question 10

For more than a century, Sweden has

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A) been struggling with increasing costs of its privately controlled health care. 
B) taken the socialist approach that health care is a basic right for all citizens. 
C) required employers to pay most health care expenses. 
D) provided minimal health care for lower-income people, while those with higher incomes purchase health care from private hospitals and doctors. 
A) been struggling with increasing costs of its privately controlled health care. 
B) taken the socialist approach that health care is a basic right for all citizens. 
C) required employers to pay most health care expenses. 
D) provided minimal health care for lower-income people, while those with higher incomes purchase health care from private hospitals and doctors.

Question 11

In what category of disorders does the mind appear to affect the body?

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A) psychological 
B) sociopathic 
C) personality 
D) psychosomatic 
A) psychological 
B) sociopathic 
C) personality 
D) psychosomatic

Question 12

Which of the following is an acute disease?

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A) stroke 
B) heart disease 
C) measles 
D) cancer 
A) stroke 
B) heart disease 
C) measles 
D) cancer

Question 13

Jeffrey is a paraplegic and uses a wheelchair.Jeffrey has a(n)

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A) disease. 
B) mental disorder. 
C) disability. 
D) activity determinant. 
A) disease. 
B) mental disorder. 
C) disability. 
D) activity determinant.

Question 14

Because medical advances now save the lives of people who, decades ago, would have died, the share of our population with a disability is

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A) increasing. 
B) about the same as it was. 
C) falling slowly. 
D) falling rapidly. 
A) increasing. 
B) about the same as it was. 
C) falling slowly. 
D) falling rapidly.

Question 15

Since the Soviet Union's 1991 collapse, the health care system in the Russian Federation is

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A) entirely privately operated. 
B) based on a health maintenance organization (HMO) format. 
C) a mix of private facilities and older, state-run hospitals. 
D) outsourced to a health consortium run by a group of eastern European nations. 
A) entirely privately operated. 
B) based on a health maintenance organization (HMO) format. 
C) a mix of private facilities and older, state-run hospitals. 
D) outsourced to a health consortium run by a group of eastern European nations.

Question 16

According to the text, the demand for nursing services in the United States

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A) will probably decline in the future due to advancing technology. 
B) will remain steady in the future. 
C) will certainly decline as the health of our population increases. 
D) will probably increase as the U.S.population becomes, on average, older. 
A) will probably decline in the future due to advancing technology. 
B) will remain steady in the future. 
C) will certainly decline as the health of our population increases. 
D) will probably increase as the U.S.population becomes, on average, older.

Question 17

The chapter describes a number of cost-saving strategies in U.S.health care.Which of the following is NOT one of the medical cost-controlling techniques discussed in the text?

Accepted Answer

A) preadmission testing 
B) performing procedures on an outpatient basis 
C) denying care to people without insurance 
D) regulating the length of hospitalization 
A) preadmission testing 
B) performing procedures on an outpatient basis 
C) denying care to people without insurance 
D) regulating the length of hospitalization

Question 18

In 1990, which act of Congress outlawed discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and public accommodations, including hotels, theaters, restaurants, and stores?

Accepted Answer

A) the Civil Rights Act, Title XV 
B) the Medicare Disabled Persons Amendment 
C) the Americans with Disabilities Act 
D) the Equal Access Act 
A) the Civil Rights Act, Title XV 
B) the Medicare Disabled Persons Amendment 
C) the Americans with Disabilities Act 
D) the Equal Access Act

Question 19

In societies with which type of economy does the government control most economic activity, including providing medical services and operating hospitals and clinics?

Accepted Answer

A) mostly capitalist economies 
B) mixed economies 
C) global economies 
D) socialist economies 
A) mostly capitalist economies 
B) mixed economies 
C) global economies 
D) socialist economies

Question 20

Deinstitutionalization refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the demolition of most old mental hospitals. 
B) the release of people from mental hospitals into local communities. 
C) the integration of mental hospitals on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender. 
D) the combining of mental hospitals and prisons in one facility. 
A) the demolition of most old mental hospitals. 
B) the release of people from mental hospitals into local communities. 
C) the integration of mental hospitals on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender. 
D) the combining of mental hospitals and prisons in one facility.

Medicare

When it comes to the health of the overall population, in comparison with most other high-income nations, the United States ranks

Canada has what type of health care system?

Most mental disorders have

Anorexia nervosa

Which of the following terms refers to a medical care system in which the government owns and operates most medical facilities and employs most physicians?

What concept refers to private insurance organizations that provide medical care to subscribers for a fixed fee?

Social epidemiology is the study of

Which theoretical approach links patterns of health to inequality based on gender?

For more than a century, Sweden has

In what category of disorders does the mind appear to affect the body?

Which of the following is an acute disease?

Jeffrey is a paraplegic and uses a wheelchair.Jeffrey has a(n)

Because medical advances now save the lives of people who, decades ago, would have died, the share of our population with a disability is

Since the Soviet Union's 1991 collapse, the health care system in the Russian Federation is

According to the text, the demand for nursing services in the United States

The chapter describes a number of cost-saving strategies in U.S.health care.Which of the following is NOT one of the medical cost-controlling techniques discussed in the text?

In 1990, which act of Congress outlawed discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and public accommodations, including hotels, theaters, restaurants, and stores?

In societies with which type of economy does the government control most economic activity, including providing medical services and operating hospitals and clinics?

Deinstitutionalization refers to

Sociology: Studying Social Problems

Economic Inequality

Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Gender Inequality

Aging and Inequality

Crime, Violence, and Criminal Justice

Sexuality

Alcohol and Other Drugs

Economy and Politics

Work and the Workplace

Family Life

Education

Urban Life

Population and Global Inequality

Technology and the Environment

War and Terrorism

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Exam 9: Physical and Mental Health

Medicare

When it comes to the health of the overall population, in comparison with most other high-income nations, the United States ranks

Canada has what type of health care system?

Most mental disorders have

Anorexia nervosa

Which of the following terms refers to a medical care system in which the government owns and operates most medical facilities and employs most physicians?

What concept refers to private insurance organizations that provide medical care to subscribers for a fixed fee?

Social epidemiology is the study of

Which theoretical approach links patterns of health to inequality based on gender?

For more than a century, Sweden has

In what category of disorders does the mind appear to affect the body?

Which of the following is an acute disease?

Jeffrey is a paraplegic and uses a wheelchair.Jeffrey has a(n)

Because medical advances now save the lives of people who, decades ago, would have died, the share of our population with a disability is

Since the Soviet Union's 1991 collapse, the health care system in the Russian Federation is

According to the text, the demand for nursing services in the United States

The chapter describes a number of cost-saving strategies in U.S.health care.Which of the following is NOT one of the medical cost-controlling techniques discussed in the text?

In 1990, which act of Congress outlawed discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and public accommodations, including hotels, theaters, restaurants, and stores?

In societies with which type of economy does the government control most economic activity, including providing medical services and operating hospitals and clinics?

Deinstitutionalization refers to

Sociology: Studying Social Problems

Economic Inequality

Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Gender Inequality

Aging and Inequality

Crime, Violence, and Criminal Justice

Sexuality

Alcohol and Other Drugs

Economy and Politics

Work and the Workplace

Family Life

Education

Urban Life

Population and Global Inequality

Technology and the Environment

War and Terrorism

Filters