Question 1

In Canada, people with higher incomes have a more positive assessment of their personal health than people with low incomes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Advancing medical technology has attacked infectious disease in poor countries with what result?

Accepted Answer

A)  Almost nothing: this technology has had little effect. 
B)  Populations have increased rapidly. 
C)  Death rates have dropped to near zero. 
D)  More children die earlier in life than ever before. 
A)  Almost nothing: this technology has had little effect. 
B)  Populations have increased rapidly. 
C)  Death rates have dropped to near zero. 
D)  More children die earlier in life than ever before.

Question 3

Genital herpes is a curable sexually transmitted disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What do we know about the problem of obesity in North America that shows this to be a social and cultural issue?

Accepted Answer

The problem of obesity in North America

Question 5

What would you argue are the most serious threats to the health of Canadians? Explain your choices.

Accepted Answer

The most serious threats to the health o

Question 6

Compare and contrast structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and social-conflict theory in terms of how each can help us organize and interpret facts and issues concerning human health.

Accepted Answer

Structural functionalism, symbolic inter

Question 7

Looking across the life course, which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women have higher suicide rates than men. 
B)  Men have fewer accidents than women. 
C)  Women generally have better health than men. 
D)  Old people generally have better health than young people. 
A)  Women have higher suicide rates than men. 
B)  Men have fewer accidents than women. 
C)  Women generally have better health than men. 
D)  Old people generally have better health than young people.

Question 8

In Western Europe and North America, scientists began to understand the causes of infectious diseases at about what point in history?

Accepted Answer

A)  1700 
B)  1775 
C)  1850 
D)  1950 
A)  1700 
B)  1775 
C)  1850 
D)  1950

Question 9

Anal sex is a behaviour that places people at higher risk for transmitting HIV.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How might we encourage more men to go into the field of nursing?

Accepted Answer

There are several strategies that could

Question 11

What is social epidemiology? Answer by sketching patterns of health for the Canadian population, taking account of (a) gender, (b) social class, and (c) race.

Accepted Answer

Social epidemiology is a branch of epide

Question 12

Holistic medicine asserts that

Accepted Answer

A)  the most important task is treating symptoms of disease. 
B)  patients should rely on themselves-not just physicians-to ensure their own health. 
C)  treatment of patients should be impersonal. 
D)  medicine should be administered regularly, establishing a healthy dependency. 
A)  the most important task is treating symptoms of disease. 
B)  patients should rely on themselves-not just physicians-to ensure their own health. 
C)  treatment of patients should be impersonal. 
D)  medicine should be administered regularly, establishing a healthy dependency.

Question 13

Tobacco companies are increasing their sales in low-income nations, which lack strict regulations on the sale of cigarettes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a chronic illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  influenza 
B)  cancer 
C)  accidents 
D)  pneumonia 
A)  influenza 
B)  cancer 
C)  accidents 
D)  pneumonia

Question 15

What is "two-tiered health care"? Identify the positive and negative consequences of such a system. Overall, do you think we should have such a system in Canada? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Two-tiered health care refers to a syste

Question 16

What is the "sick role"?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the "sick role"?...

Question 17

Talcott Parsons described the physician-patient relationship as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  permanent 
B)  egalitarian 
C)  unpleasant 
D)  dysfunctional 
A)  permanent 
B)  egalitarian 
C)  unpleasant 
D)  dysfunctional

Question 18

Which of the following diseases is the biggest killer in today's high-income nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  heart disease 
B)  influenza 
C)  pneumonia 
D)  cholera 
A)  heart disease 
B)  influenza 
C)  pneumonia 
D)  cholera

Question 19

All of the following are criticisms of Talcott Parsons's approach to health and medicine EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

A)  It says little about the issue of prevention. 
B)  It places doctors rather than people in charge of health. 
C)  It assumes sick people can afford to take time off from work. 
D)  It implies that there are no objective standards of well-being. 
A)  It says little about the issue of prevention. 
B)  It places doctors rather than people in charge of health. 
C)  It assumes sick people can afford to take time off from work. 
D)  It implies that there are no objective standards of well-being.

Question 20

Advances in human genetics hold out promise to prevent disease but also raise ethical issues about how this technology should be used.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 21: Health and Medicine

In Canada, people with higher incomes have a more positive assessment of their personal health than people with low incomes.

Advancing medical technology has attacked infectious disease in poor countries with what result?

Genital herpes is a curable sexually transmitted disease.

What do we know about the problem of obesity in North America that shows this to be a social and cultural issue?

What would you argue are the most serious threats to the health of Canadians? Explain your choices.

Compare and contrast structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and social-conflict theory in terms of how each can help us organize and interpret facts and issues concerning human health.

Looking across the life course, which of the following statements is correct?

In Western Europe and North America, scientists began to understand the causes of infectious diseases at about what point in history?

Anal sex is a behaviour that places people at higher risk for transmitting HIV.

How might we encourage more men to go into the field of nursing?

What is social epidemiology? Answer by sketching patterns of health for the Canadian population, taking account of (a) gender, (b) social class, and (c) race.

Holistic medicine asserts that

Tobacco companies are increasing their sales in low-income nations, which lack strict regulations on the sale of cigarettes.

Which of the following is an example of a chronic illness?

What is "two-tiered health care"? Identify the positive and negative consequences of such a system. Overall, do you think we should have such a system in Canada? Why or why not?

What is the "sick role"?

Talcott Parsons described the physician-patient relationship as which of the following?

Which of the following diseases is the biggest killer in today's high-income nations?

All of the following are criticisms of Talcott Parsons's approach to health and medicine EXCEPT?

Advances in human genetics hold out promise to prevent disease but also raise ethical issues about how this technology should be used.

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