Exam 21: Health and Medicine

What diseases were leading causes of death in the United States in 1900 what about 2006? Describe the pattern of change.

"Type A personalities," which are linked to masculinity, are harmful to human health.

Which of the following factors has a strong link to life expectancy?

What is social epidemiology? How can this study improve human health?

What is socialized medicine? How does it differ from a direct-fee medical care system?

About half of all physicians in the United States are women.

In the United States, an important medical issue is:

The most common way people in the United States pay for medical care is which of the following?

If you were to visit a low-income nation to study its high death rates, what would you suspect to be the most common causes of death?

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

Parsons claimed that, to qualify for the sick role, a person must want to become healthy and act in ways to restore health.

AIDS cannot be spread through sneezing.

In much of the world, illness and poverty form a vicious circle, with each increasing the other.

An exception to the general decline of infectious diseases in the United States is the increase in ______ after 1960.

In an essay, consider the issue raised in the Controversy & Debate box on

Social epidemiology is the study of:

Society shapes human health because:

Holistic medicine seeks to change the focus of medical practice from treating symptoms of disease to preventing disease and promoting health.

Social definitions have little to do with health and illness, which are medical conditions involving human biology.

Fifty years ago, on average, few people in the United States understood the dangers of cigarette smoking or excessive sun exposure.