Exam 19: Health and Medicine

According to the learned Parisian medical community in 1345, what was the root cause of the Black Plague?

Life expectancy is calculated by utilizing morbidity statistics.

What was the leading cause of death in Canada in 1901?

Some sociologists believe that socioeconomic position is a fundamental cause of disease.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada reported in 2013 that the unemployment rate among newly graduated medical specialists was more than twice that of the average unemployment rate.

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

Which of the following is demonstrated by the fact that health risks are always unevenly distributed in a population based on social class, gender, and ethnicity?

What are some of the ways that health inequality manifests itself in Canada?

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

What is the term for the number of deaths of live-born children under the age of one year per 1000 births?

Several years ago, the province of Alberta contracted with an organization called Networc Health to provide knee, foot, and ankle surgeries.It was the only organization outside of the Alberta Health Authority's government-run medical facilities to provide any surgical services.What term best describes Alberta's agreement with Networc Health?

Americans spend almost twice as much on health care as in Canada and nearly three times more than in Japan.Which of the following would account for the fact that Americans are not as healthy as Canadians or the Japanese?

People in higher classes experience higher levels of stress because they have to constantly work at preserving their wealth from economic uncertainty.

Who currently holds the record for longevity of life?

Renée is a registered nurse who is nearing retirement.She has seen a lot of changes to protocol in the hospital she has worked in, and she is unhappy about one particular change that has shifted the focus from overall hospital cleanliness.What was that change?

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

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

How do "race" and ethnicity affect health and health care in Canada?

According to the textbook, how is Canada's health care system generally viewed?

Does spending more money on health care always improve the health of the nation? Explain your position.