Med Soc

Percentage of physicians belonging to the AMA today is approximately

15

From the DVD seen in class on influenza, the worst flu epidemic in the US was in

1918

The Social Security System in the US is trending toward fewer individuals paying into the system and more individuals drawing from it. It is projected that by around 2035, the number of individuals paying into the system for every one individual drawing from it will be less than

2

In order to become a physicians assistant the typical time spent in a PA program is appx

24 months

percentage of patient services

80% in doctor's office

Individuals known as the "long living people"

Abkhasians

Chinese needle technique

Acupuncture

Epidemiology was establish around 1854 by this Englishman

John Snow

the type error most frequently made by physicians in diagnosing a patient's symptoms

Type 1 error

Parson's concept of the sick role seems to typically apply only to __________ diseases

acute

Morbidity is

amount of sickness

Marxist scholars claim capitalist societies put too much emphasis on ____________ responsibility for health

an individual's

TB

consumption

Many studies show that the strongest single predicator of good health is

education

The best overall measure of socioeconomic status is:

education

what attacted corporations to health care delivery is the potential for

financial profit

the report issued in 1910 which made recommendations to improve medical education in the US

flexner report

this individual in england is more or less considered the originator of the nursing profession as we know it today

florence nightingale

Name of the physician who was infamous for performing lobotomies was

freeman

Number one cause of death in the US today

heart disease

medical students shift from ______ to _____

idealism; cynicism

Decline in deaths from infectious diseases in the 2nd half of the 19th century was mainly due

improvements in diet, housing, and public sanitation

religious group who refuses blood transfusions

jehovah witnesses

Medicaid

low income state % federal - qualify based on income

what is the degree which on must have in order to be a nurse practitioner

masters degree

The burk family had authority pattern that was very much

matriarchal

the largest single group of healthcare workers in the US

nurses

Carcinogen

something that is known to cause cancer

To an epidemiologists, "incidence" refers to

the frequency with which new cases of a disorder occur within a given population during a stated period of time

A major contribution of the sick role to medical sociology is the recognition that

the patient-physcian relationship occurs within an organization framework of social roles

systolic

the top number of blood pressure when measured. it indicates the heart valves closing

the work of __________ reflects the symbolic interactionist approach to human behavior

thomas

Heart disease has been associated with __________ personality behavior, though recent research evidence questions somewhat this finding

type A

if a countrys birth rate is 30 per 1000 population and the death rate is 20 per 1000 population, what is the "natural increase"

10

The percentage of today's US population over the age of 65 is

14%

the infant mortality rate in the US today is around ________ per 1000 live births within a given year

6/7

The __________ was founded in Philadelphia in 1847

American Medical Association

The person associated with the concept "looking glass self" is

CH Cooley

CDC

Centers of Disease Control and Prevention

According the structural functional theory, illness is

Dysfunctional because it threatens to interfere with the stability of the social system

This individual wrote about suicide and how it was related to social structure

Emile Durkheim

Who was the sociologist who discussed impression management as related to stress?

Ervin Goffman

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

health care organizations that control the cost of health care by monitoring how doctors treat specific illnesses, limit referrals to specialists, and require authorization prior to hospitalization

HMO

a healthcare plan which emphasizes preventtive care and is a relatively new choice for american consumers

HMOS

Karoshi

Japanese term referring to middle ages men working too much and dying from heart attacks

LDL

Low Density Lipoprotien (bad) that sticks to your veins and arteries

The healthiest state in the US today vs 2013

Massachusetts, Hawaii

Book published in 1929, was one of the first US studies which devoted attention to the medical community in the US

Middletown by Robert and Helen Lynd

PPO

Preferred Provider Organization relationships with doctor get health benefits from your employer

One of the greatest threats worldwide from infectious diseases comes from

STDS

main two causes of death in 1900 in the US

TB and pneumonia

Snake handling religious group which region

West Virginia/Eastern Kentucky

Burk family men problems

alcohol and smoke to get away

lay midwives

assist with births on their own, deliver babies in the home

city where oldest medical school in south located

charleston

the most prominent group in American society advocating a preference for religious healing is the

christian science church

Physicians prescribe medications, diets, and the like and expect patients to follow them faithfully

compliance

the german sociologist max weber described lifestyles and therefore their influence on health issues as being based on what a person

consumes

We defined stress in class as having to do with an imbalance in an individual. What were the two factors/concepts/ components which would be "imbalanced" having to do with stress

demands capacity to cope

Parsons was the first to demonstrate the function of medicine as a form of

deviance

two hypotheses as to why black people ave greater hypertension than other groups

discrimination socioeconomic status

Inner fraternity

doctors don't rat each other out

Suicide which occurs when people become detached from society and suddenly on their own, are overwhelmed by the resultant stress is called

egoistic

Renee Foxx medical students two traits

emotionally detached from the patient to tolerate uncertainty

Chi

energy in body

a scientist who studies the origin and distribution of all types of disease is best described as

epidemiologist

Medical today have begun to employ ______ to help decrease doubt and to improve the application of medical knowlede

evidence-based medicine

A type 1 error is

false positive

Visits to physicians are more frequent for

females

Burk family was from

georgia

the "making of a doctor" dealt with medical students at

harvard

male physicians tend to misdiagnose _______ in female patients

heart attack

The Hippocratic oath requires the physician to swear that she/he will

help the sick, refrain from intentional wrongdoing or harm, keep confidential all matters pertaining to the doctor-patient relationship

Largest minority group in the US today

hispanics

Boys in white

howard becker

The concept situational adjustment in looking at medical students as they progress through medical school was developed by

howard becker

song from flu

i had a little bird its name was enza opened up the window and influenza

Life expectancy in the US today is

increasing

The religuous leader of the oneida group in upstate New York

john noyes

perhaps the most famous patient of the physician

kennedy

the current trend in the organization of medical practice in the US is toward _________ self employment on the part of physicians

less

the theory of the ___________ maintains that our self-concepts are the result of social interactions in which we see ourselves reflected in other people

looking glass self

Which group uses preventative services the least?

lower class

The individual who suggested that a person's social class position is determined exclusively by his/her degree of access to a societys means of production was

marx

The flexnor report reviewed the state of

medical education

the sick roles is a ________ orientation

middle class

In the early days of medicine in the US anyone who had ______ could obtain a medical degree

money

healthcare in US

not evenly distributed 1 of every 20 counties has no MD shortage of primary care physicians nurse practitioners and PA can fill void overspecialization

The reason for choosing a medical career most frequently given by medical students is generally that

of wanting to help people

According to Max Weber, __________ is the ability to realize one's will even against the resistance of others

power

refers to routine physical examinations, immunizations, prenatal care, dental checkups, blah blah

preventative care

Most medical sociologists in the United States are employed as

professors at universities

Black death video, what animal carried the flea which diffused the epidemic

rat

a drug addict would be which mode of adaptation

retreatist

Robert Merton's paradigm on the modes of adaptation to norms states that one who accepts the institutionalized means but lowers the cultural goal fits the mode of

ritualist

The current public policy approach to dealing with AIDS is through

safe sex education

as members of society, individuals are constrained in their behaviors by laws and customs, according to Emile Durkheim. These constrains are referred to as

social facts

the symbolic interaction perspective, as outlined by Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman maintains that stress

stress can result from an individual's perception of the meaning of a situation