Medical Sociology 0477 Biaku QUIZZES 3-5

Visits to physicians are higher for: a. males b. females c. adults

b

What is NOT a type of faith healing? a. massage therapy b. self-treatment c. treatment with a layperson thought to communicate with god d. treatment from an official church member e. healing obtained from religious healers

a

What is likely the most powerful influence on lifestyle forms? a. class circumstances b. age, gender, and race/ethnicity c. collectivities d. language/linguistics e. living conditions

a

According to the World Health Organization, significant improvements in health in the 19th century were brought about by what is called ______________ methods. a. engineering b. medical c. preventative d. health lifestyles e. health behavior

b

Medicalization is: a. where an individual falls sick, goes to the doctor, and seeks out a cure or guidance b. where previously non-medical problems are defined and treated as medical problems c. purely about the shift in expectation from birthing at home to delivering at a hospital

b

Weber maintains that life ___________ are influenced by life chances. a. realities b. choices c. modes d. demands

b

Labeling theory does not explain the cause of deviance other than by the reaction of other people to it. true or false?

true

Sociologists have typically viewed sickness as a form of deviant behavior. true or false?

true

Folk healers are most commonly used among: a. some low income racial and ethnic minority groups b. all parts of society c. the middle class d. the working class e. the upper class

a

Medical sociologists divide health-oriented behavior into two general categories: ______________ and _____________ behavior. a. preventative, disease causing b. health, illness c. health lifestyles, sickness d. health seeking, spreading

a

The __________ model applies to when the patient is seriously ill or being treated on an emergency basis in a state of relative helplessness, due to a sever injury or lack if consciousness. a. activity-passivity b. guidance-cooperation c. react-revise d. mutual participation

a

What are collective patterns of health-related behavior based on choices from options available to people according to their life chances? a. health lifestyles b. illness behavior c. health behavior d. health promotion e. premedical

a

Regarding faith healing among parents and their children, the current trend in court decision is: a. parents may refuse all treatment for their children b. parents may not refuse treatment for their children in life-threatening cases c. parents may not refuse treatment for their children in any case d. parents may only refuse treatment in certain life-threatening cases

b

The process of seeking medical help involving a group of potential consultants, beginning in the family and extending outward to more select individuals until professionals are consulted is known as the _____________. a. medical referral system b. lay-referral system c. health networking process

b

What led to an increase in the status and salary of nurses in the late 1980s? a. economic recession b. nursing shortage c. cold war d. nursing surplus

b

The role of the Registered Nurse: a. has not changed over time b. has led to include more bedside services c. has changed to include a more administrative role d. has created a pathway to medical school e. has not provided a manner for nurses to be promoted

c

What is a class-based set of durable dispositions to act in particular ways that shape particular facets of health lifestyles? a. life chances b. norms c. habitus d. lifestyles e. life conduct

c

What is defined as an activity undertaken by individuals for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing their health, preventing health problems, or achieving a positive body image? a. health lifestyles b. illness behavior c. health behavior d. health promotion e. premedical

c

What is the central rule of the doctor-nurse game? a. communicate clearly and succinctly b. only speak in private c. avoid open disagreement between the players d. ignore existing power structures

c

What refers to routine physical examinations, immunizations, prenatal care, dental checkups, screening for heart disease and cancer , and other services intended to ensure good health and to minimize the effects of illness if it occurs? a. routine checkups b. health behavior c. preventative care d. health lifestyles

c

Which is NOT an example of a traditional path of nursing education? a. associates degree b. college-based programs c. church training programs d. hospital-based degree programs

c

___________ suggested that a person's social class position is determined exclusively by his or her degree of access to a society's means of production. a. Weber b. Durkheim c. Marx d. Wickrama e. Bourdieu

c

What is the reason many low-income persons do not have a source of medical care? a. health facilities may not be near b. costs may not be covered by health insurance c. they may lack health insurance d. all of the above

d

Which of the following are reasons why the doctor-nurse game is changing? a. greater assertiveness by nurses b. increased numbers of male nurses c. the growing numbers of female doctors d. all of the above

d

Which refers to the social relationships a person has during day-to-day interaction, which serves to suggest, advise, influence, or coerce an individual into taking or not taking particular courses of action? a. intrapersonal effect b. lay-referral system c. family d. social network

d

Which statement is true of the Chiropractic approach to healing? a. there is broad support for it among the medical profession b. chiropractic healing is being absorbed by medicine c. chiropractors are not able to practice in all 50 states d. chiropractors face opposition from medicine

d

____________ argue that physician-patient interaction falls into one of three possible models. a. Haug and Lavin b. Parsons c. Hayes-Bautista d. Szasz and Hollender

d

A pronouncement of deviant behavior involves making a __________ about what is right and proper behavior according to social norm. a. psycho-social stand b. stigmatized assertion c. last proclamation d. wide-sweeping statement e. social judgement

e

Which is a component of self-care? a. taking preventative measures b. self-treatment of symptoms c. managing chronic illnesses d. consultation with health care providers e. all of the above

e

There is clear scientific support for the effectiveness of all complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques. true or false?

false