Exam 11: Health and Medicine

Johan is complaining to his brother about medical services in Canada? Which of the following is most likely to be his main complaint?

The Black Death contains a vital message for the sociology of health and medicine because it reveals that health risks are evenly distributed across a population.

What are the health consequences of social isolation?

Smoking cigarettes, using excessive amounts of alcohol and drugs, having a poor diet, and lacking exercise represent which kind of cause of illness and death?

Define infant mortality.

Describe the two factors discussed in the textbook to account for the central place that medical doctors have come to play in the health care system in Canada.

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

What do sociologists call the locating of hazardous waste sites and polluting industries near the poor, the politically marginalized, and certain minority groups?

Environmental racism was a significant problem for First Nations communities until after World War II, when the federal government changed legislation regulating the siting of environmentally hazardous materials.

The gap between rich and poor is greater in the United States than in Canada and Japan.

What makes social isolation a big problem for a significant proportion of the elderly? What are the consequences of social isolation?

Which of the following is identified in the textbook as one of the three social causes of illness and death?

Briefly outline how the modern hospital has become the institutional manifestation of the medical doctor's professional dominance.

Stephen is a city planner whose expertise is working on various issues to do with upgrading the municipal water supply. What type of system is Stephen a part of?

Research the history of midwifery in Canada, from a widely accepted practice through exclusion by the professionalization of medicine to its recent revival.

Although the price of prescriptions drugs in Canada is almost half what it is in the United States, drug prices in Canada continue to increase at almost double the rate of inflation.

Which of the following practitioners are most likely to argue that good health requires maintaining a balance between the individual and the environment?

Health risks are unevenly distributed in the population due to factors such as social class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Which of these claims follows from this statement?

In Medieval times, leeches were commonly used as a remedy for someone who was ill. What was the belief behind this widespread practice?

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