Question 1

Compared to visiting a doctor, going to a retail health clinic is

Accepted Answer

A)  cheaper. 
B)  less convenient, because the hours are shorter. 
C)  more expensive. 
D)  more cumbersome, because appointments must be made weeks in advance. 
A)  cheaper. 
B)  less convenient, because the hours are shorter. 
C)  more expensive. 
D)  more cumbersome, because appointments must be made weeks in advance.

Question 2

Why are heart disease and cancer "luxury diseases"?

Accepted Answer

In the Least Industrialized Nations, peo

Question 3

Were Americans healthier in the past?

Accepted Answer

The short answer is "no." Mortality rate

Question 4

Health is a human condition measured by physical, mental, social, and _____ components.

Accepted Answer

A)  spiritual 
B)  financial 
C)  historical 
D)  political 
A)  spiritual 
B)  financial 
C)  historical 
D)  political

Question 5

_____ is the healing specialist of a tribe who attempts to control the spirits thought to cause a disease or injury.

Accepted Answer

A)  physician 
B)  priest 
C)  shaman 
D)  elder 
A)  physician 
B)  priest 
C)  shaman 
D)  elder

Question 6

What is medical incompetence? Is it a significant cause of death?

Accepted Answer

Medical incompetence refers to mistakes

Question 7

Withholding food or liquids in order to end a patient's life is

Accepted Answer

A)  passive euthanasia. 
B)  active euthanasia. 
C)  illegal in all states. 
D)  somewhere in between passive and active euthanasia. 
A)  passive euthanasia. 
B)  active euthanasia. 
C)  illegal in all states. 
D)  somewhere in between passive and active euthanasia.

Question 8

In order to be a physician in the United States of the 1700s,

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A)  you would face stiff entrance exams to the medical schools. 
B)  medical school would be even more expensive than it is today. 
C)  you would not encounter any medical schools or licensing. 
D)  apprenticeship was discouraged. 
A)  you would face stiff entrance exams to the medical schools. 
B)  medical school would be even more expensive than it is today. 
C)  you would not encounter any medical schools or licensing. 
D)  apprenticeship was discouraged.

Question 9

What are the elements of the sick role?

Accepted Answer

Talcott Parsons analyzed the sick role a

Question 10

Where the sick role is concerned, the function of a gatekeeper is to

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A)  let everyone in safely. 
B)  keep men out. 
C)  keep too many people from claiming the sick role. 
D)  offer advice on how to get well soon. 
A)  let everyone in safely. 
B)  keep men out. 
C)  keep too many people from claiming the sick role. 
D)  offer advice on how to get well soon.

Question 11

How did having babies change from women's work to men's work?

Accepted Answer

Delivering babies used to be a matter of

Question 12

The American Medical Association (AMA) is

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A)  run by clergy. 
B)  the only legal monopoly in the United States. 
C)  a U.S. government agency. 
D)  an organization devoted to alternative medicine. 
A)  run by clergy. 
B)  the only legal monopoly in the United States. 
C)  a U.S. government agency. 
D)  an organization devoted to alternative medicine.

Question 13

Physicians tend to take women's health complaints _____ than those of men.

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A)  less seriously 
B)  just as seriously 
C)  more seriously 
D)  as more likely to be audited 
A)  less seriously 
B)  just as seriously 
C)  more seriously 
D)  as more likely to be audited

Question 14

Numerous studies have shown that the lower people are on the social class ladder, the

Accepted Answer

A)  better their emotional well-being. 
B)  less they are violent crime victims. 
C)  less they divorce. 
D)  worse their emotional well-being. 
A)  better their emotional well-being. 
B)  less they are violent crime victims. 
C)  less they divorce. 
D)  worse their emotional well-being.

Question 15

In the United States, the AIDS epidemic peaked in the

Accepted Answer

A)  1950s. 
B)  1980s. 
C)  1990s. 
D)  2000s. 
A)  1950s. 
B)  1980s. 
C)  1990s. 
D)  2000s.

Question 16

Whites make up about _____ of the U.S. population and account for _____ of HIV cases.

Accepted Answer

A)  41%; 35% 
B)  50%; 31% 
C)  62%; 28% 
D)  76%; 10% 
A)  41%; 35% 
B)  50%; 31% 
C)  62%; 28% 
D)  76%; 10%

Question 17

_____ is done not for the patient's benefit but instead to protect physicians from malpractice suits.

Accepted Answer

A)  Fraudulent medicine. 
B)  All medicine 
C)  Defensive medicine. 
D)  Medicalization 
A)  Fraudulent medicine. 
B)  All medicine 
C)  Defensive medicine. 
D)  Medicalization

Question 18

For college students, _____ is the most popular drug, after alcohol.

Accepted Answer

A)  LSD 
B)  OxyContin 
C)  marijuana 
D)  amphetamines 
A)  LSD 
B)  OxyContin 
C)  marijuana 
D)  amphetamines

Question 19

The professionalism of medicine includes

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of a need for education. 
B)  accepting regulation by government. 
C)  performing a service for society, rather than following self-interest. 
D)  placing clients in a position of authority over physicians. 
A)  the lack of a need for education. 
B)  accepting regulation by government. 
C)  performing a service for society, rather than following self-interest. 
D)  placing clients in a position of authority over physicians.

Question 20

Many medical experiments, such as the Tuskegee syphilis study, seem to show that some government officials and medical personnel

Accepted Answer

A)  experiment first on themselves. 
B)  resist hurting people. 
C)  advance science ethically. 
D)  play God. 
A)  experiment first on themselves. 
B)  resist hurting people. 
C)  advance science ethically. 
D)  play God.

Exam 19: Medicine and Health

Compared to visiting a doctor, going to a retail health clinic is

Why are heart disease and cancer "luxury diseases"?

Were Americans healthier in the past?

Health is a human condition measured by physical, mental, social, and _____ components.

_____ is the healing specialist of a tribe who attempts to control the spirits thought to cause a disease or injury.

What is medical incompetence? Is it a significant cause of death?

Withholding food or liquids in order to end a patient's life is

In order to be a physician in the United States of the 1700s,

What are the elements of the sick role?

Where the sick role is concerned, the function of a gatekeeper is to

How did having babies change from women's work to men's work?

The American Medical Association (AMA) is

Physicians tend to take women's health complaints _____ than those of men.

Numerous studies have shown that the lower people are on the social class ladder, the

In the United States, the AIDS epidemic peaked in the

Whites make up about _____ of the U.S. population and account for _____ of HIV cases.

_____ is done not for the patient's benefit but instead to protect physicians from malpractice suits.

For college students, _____ is the most popular drug, after alcohol.

The professionalism of medicine includes

Many medical experiments, such as the Tuskegee syphilis study, seem to show that some government officials and medical personnel

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