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